"kiboko" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ki.bɔ.ko\ Forms: kibokos [plural]
  1. Fouet, chicotte.
    Sense id: fr-kiboko-fr-noun-fJqpYq0a Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "parents": [],
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    "Mot swahili signifiant hippopotame."
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "ref": "Joseph Kessel, Le Lion, Gallimard, 1958",
          "text": "Il avait à la main un kiboko, long fouet en peau de rhinocéros."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Karen Blixen, La Ferme africaine, 1937",
          "text": "Il fabriquait maintenant des kibokos. Il achetait des têtes d'hippopotames aux indigènes qui vivaient au bord du lac Naïvaska et pouvait avec un peu de chance tirer une cinquantaine de fouets d'une seule tête. J'ai encore une cravache remarquable qui me vient de lui."
        }
      ],
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        "Fouet, chicotte."
      ],
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    }
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    "Mot swahili signifiant hippopotame."
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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        "Fouet, chicotte."
      ]
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    }
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