Nikko

English

Etymology

From a brand name of popular felt-tip pens in Australia.

Noun

Nikko (plural Nikkos)

  1. (Australia, usually Queensland, informal) A felt-tip pen, of the Nikko brand or of any other brand, or the marks left by such a pen.
    • 2010, Robyn J. Geiger, The Dead Shed, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 87:
      A time line had been drawn in a bright red Nikko across the entire length of the board, indicating her movements from when she left the Leagues Club to when she was found dead in the shed.
    • 2014, Kelly Carrero, Contained (Evolution Series Book 5)
      I picked it up and smiled when I saw a message scrawled across the mug in black Nikko.
    • 2016, Amy Andrews, Playing By Her Rules, Entangled: Brazen (→ISBN)
      The headline read TANNER STONE, A MAN BIGGER THAN THE MYTH. And, lower down, there was a ring of bright red Nikko around the very last sentence.

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