koyok (uncountable)
(Singapore, informal) A phoney or fraudulent item; anything deceptively promoted as genuine or of high quality.

Goods flowed down this riverway from France and Switzerland on their way to the sea for transshipment all over Europe. Nobles along the way collected tolls, but big profits could still be made by whol

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EXPLORATIONS - November 27, 2002: Keiko the Whale By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we te

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EXPLORATIONS - Koshland Science Museum By Broadcast: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. T

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MELBOURNE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Wimbledon champion Rofer Federer advanced to the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Russian Nikolay Davydenko here on Thursday. The two 31-year-olds know each other well, on court at le

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The U.N. General Assembly has voted to ask the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia earlier this year conforms to international law. From United Nation's headquarters

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NAIROBI, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Olympic bronze medallist Micah Kogo will not be part of the Kenya team to the London Games in July. This follows failure by the 10,000m bronze medallist to secure A Standard qualifying mark of 27:45.00 which ultimately l

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