cocopan

English

Etymology

From Nguni nqukumbana.

Noun

cocopan (plural cocopans)

  1. (South Africa) A small minecart.
    • 2006, Wilbur Smith, When the Lion Feeds, Macmillan; St. Martin's Paperbacks edition (2006; 1st ed. 1964) edition, published 1964, Chapter, page 288:
      Blinded by the swirling dust fog he crashed at full run into the abandoned cocopan that blocked the tunnel ….
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