Etymology

koyok

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Today it means: A phoney or fraudulent item; anything deceptively promoted as genuine or of high quality. Full definition →

Malay koyok
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  1. Malay · borrowed fromkoyok“quack medicine”
  2. English todaykoyok

Borrowed from Malay koyok (“quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).

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