poake

English

Noun

poake (plural poakes)

  1. Obsolete form of poke.

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔːk/

Noun

poake

  1. poke, pocket
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 34:
      Dhicka poake.
      That pocket.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62
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