moke

məʊk

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#1·5h ago

(colloquial, dialectal) A donkey.

Origin: . In the sense of a variety performer, comes from "The Lively Moke" (or "Musical Moke"), an 1860s blackface song, dance and multi-instrumental routine popularized by Johnny Thompson, William J. "Billy" Ashcroft and others. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·5h ago

(US, _, pejorative, _, slang, ethnic slur, now, _, rare) A black person.

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#3·5h ago

(obsolete) The mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.

Any trawl-net, whereof the moak holdeth not five inches size throughout.

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