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chicotte

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From French chicotte.

noun chicottes · chicote

A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa. Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.

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"chicotte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chicotte. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"chicotte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chicotte.

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@misc{chicotte_2026,
  title = {chicotte},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicotte},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}