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▪ I. compo1|ˈkɒmpəʊ|
a shortened form of the words composition, composite, in technical or vulgar use.
1. = composition 20, stucco, cement. carvers' compo: a mixture of whiting, resin, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for wall and cornice ornamentation. Also attrib.
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 390 Compo, or Compos..implies the materials with which Roman or any other similar cement is composed. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. ii. v, Beneath a compo portico..which adorned the physician's door. 1860All Y. Round No. 53. 60 A vulgar compo parapet and cast-iron railing. 1881Mechanic §1375 The coating of compo or stucco with which a wall is covered.
2. A metallic composition for ornaments, etc.
1879C. Hibbs Jewellery in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 308/1 Honest brass, dignified sometimes with more high sounding names, and technically known as ‘compo’.
3. The composition used for making printers' inking-rollers.
4. a. A composition paid by a debtor. b. ‘The monthly portion of wages paid to a ship's company’ (Adm. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
5. attrib.
a. = composite 6 b.
1878F. Williams Midl. Railw. 666 The compo bogie carriages of Mr. Clayton.
b. = composite a. 1, as in compo pack, a composite pack of (tinned) food, esp. one designed to last several days; so compo rations, compo tea.
1943Times Weekly 10 Feb. 19 The ‘compo pack’ is designed to feed 14 men for one day and is made up of tinned foods of various kinds, including chocolate and biscuits. 1945‘A. Melville’ First Tide 72, I used to cadge a cup of compo tea from them. Ibid. 73 You rarely saw the men..cooking their compo rations on a fire out in the open. 1954W. Noyce South Col i. 11 There were the Army-type Compo rations for the march. 1963Times 11 Mar. 11/4 An Australian 24-hour compo. pack, a metal container like a very large sardine tin.
Hence compo v. trans., to cover with ‘compo’ (sense 1).
1809Europ. Mag. LV. 21 Persons may have the front of their houses compo'd.
▪ II. compo2 Austral. and N.Z. slang.|ˈkɒmpəʊ|
Abbrev. of compensation 2, esp. that paid for an injury received while working. Also attrib.
1941K. Tennant Battlers xxvii. 290 ‘If you do slice your hand, they put you on compo.’ Seeing them puzzled, she explained: ‘Compensation money while it heals.’ 1941Baker N.Z. Slang vi. 52 Compo king, a social parasite who makes a practice of injuring himself or malingering in order to secure workers' compensation. 1949D. M. Davin Roads from Home v. 69 They're afraid they might have to pay out a bit of compo. 1949Here & Now Oct. 34/1 The wharfies..must also of necessity carry their own insurance against damage and loss—as well as workers' compo. 1961P. White Riders in Chariot viii. 243 You got a bad hand. You see the doc... You'll get compo of course. |