Cocos rupee

noun

A plastic token that served as currency among workers on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the 1800s, under Scottish sea captain John Clunies-Ross.

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Meanings

nounCocos rupee (plural Cocos rupees)

plural Cocos rupees

  1. historicalA plastic token that served as currency among workers on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the 1800s, under Scottish sea captain John Clunies-Ross.
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Cocos rupee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cocos%20rupee

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Chicago

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