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Locofoco

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Lo⋅co⋅fo⋅co

  [loh-koh-foh-koh]
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–noun
1. (sometimes lowercase) a member of the radical faction of the New York City Democrats, organized in 1835 to oppose the conservative members of the party.
2. (lowercase) a friction match or cigar developed in the 19th century, ignited by rubbing against any hard, dry surface.
Origin:
special use of locofoco (cigar), self-lighting, rhyming compound appar. based on loco(motive), taken to mean self-moving; -foco, alter. of It fuoco fire < L focus fireplace
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