alco

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4

Definition of alco

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of American Locomotive Company.
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name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of American Locomotive Company.

noun

  1. A small South American dog, domesticated by the natives, now thought to be extinct.
    “1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, pp. lxxviii-lxxix, […] the alco, a mute little dog, caressing and sequacious, once loved and cherished by its poor Indian masters, is like them exterminated.”
  2. (Australia, slang)An alcoholic.

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Etymology

A clipping.

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