subs. (general).—The head. Fr. le coco. For synonyms, see CRUMPET.

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  1834.  W. H. AINSWORTH, Rookwood, p. 176 (ed. 1864). ‘A thousand pities that so fine a fellow should have a sconce like a COCOA-NUT!’

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  1840.  HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker, 3 S., ch. iii. ‘The Major a-pokin’ along with his COCOA-NUT down, a-studyin’ over somethin’ or another quite deep.’

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  c. 1880.  Broadside Ballad, ‘Waltzing Round the Water-butt.’

        Gaily the troubadour will waltz round the water-butt,
Blissful the happy thoughts that float round my COCOA-NUT,
Moonlight and spooning ’neath the old hazel tree!

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  THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MILK IN THE COCOA-NUT, phr. (common).—A rejoinder upon having a thing explained for the first time.

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  TO HAVE NO MILK IN THE COCOA-NUT, phr.—To be insane; silly; ‘cracked.’—See APARTMENTS.

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