shi·ko
shiˈkō
-ed/-ing/-s
: to assume the shiko
she shikoed to him as though he had been royalty—
F. Tennyson Jesse
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plural -s
: a Burmese posture of kneeling with joined hands and bowed head before a superior
bowing, touching the floor with her forehead in the full shiko of utter abasement—George Orwell
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“Shiko.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiko. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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