The Grocer’s Encyclopedia
Artemas Ward’s Encyclopedia of Foods and Beverages — New York, 1911

COKERNUT

a method of spelling "cocoanut" introduced by the London Custom-House, in order to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner and extensively used in commercial circles--as Cocoa, Coca, etc.

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