Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA phoney or fraudulent item; anything deceptively promoted as genuine or of high quality.
Borrowed from Malay koyok (“quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionkoyokms · quack medicine
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