See corper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2017, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Stay With Me, Canongate Books, page 4:",
"text": "I have wanted to leave since the three corpers in the National Youth Service programme were killed.",
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"english": "This equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - are the ones that the EU themselves use for their election monitoring work and now appreciates corpers who do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for their \"contribution and sacrifice\".",
"ref": "2019 March 27, “How NYSC corpers fit get di free laptops and phones wey EU wan dash dem”, in BBC News Pidgin (in Nigerian Pidgin):",
"text": "Dis equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - na di ones wey di EU demsef use for dia election monitoring work and now dem wan take am appreciate corpers wey do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for for dia \"contribution and sacrifice\".",
"translation": "This equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - are the ones that the EU themselves use for their election monitoring work and now appreciates corpers who do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for their \"contribution and sacrifice\".",
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"A member of Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps."
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"(Nigeria, informal) A member of Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps."
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"ref": "2019 March 27, “How NYSC corpers fit get di free laptops and phones wey EU wan dash dem”, in BBC News Pidgin (in Nigerian Pidgin):",
"text": "Dis equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - na di ones wey di EU demsef use for dia election monitoring work and now dem wan take am appreciate corpers wey do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for for dia \"contribution and sacrifice\".",
"translation": "This equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - are the ones that the EU themselves use for their election monitoring work and now appreciates corpers who do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for their \"contribution and sacrifice\".",
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