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I've seen こき being used in expressions such as in こき使う (with the meaning of
work someone hard) and 嘘こき (used to refer to someone who lies a lot,
apparently). I haven't found this expression's meaning in any Japanese
dictionaries, much less in Japanese-English ones. What does it mean and what's
its origin?
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What does こき mean?
こき is the masu-stem of the verb こく, and こく should be in any dictionary.

  * 扱く in [Kotobank](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%89%B1%E3%81%8F-499035) and [jisho.org](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%89%B1%E3%81%8F-1)
  * 放く in [Kotobank](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%94%BE%E3%81%8F-499036) and [jisho.org](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%94%BE%E3%81%8F)

こき in 嘘こき is [masu-stem as a
noun](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/32311/5010).

Note that 扱く and 放く are different words although both are almost always
written in hiragana.
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