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bloke [ blohk ] SHOW IPA
/ bloÊŠk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun Chiefly British Informal .
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Origin of bloke First recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain
Words nearby bloke blogroll ,
blogstream ,
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blonde moment
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How to use bloke in a sentence Partly because it’s the right thing to do, but because they’re constantly being judged more harshly, under different standards to the bloke s, they have to make sure they go the extra mile.
Obviously he’s quite an imposing figure musically, but he’s a really nice bloke , really funny.
If clean-shaven William is a new man, then his bearded brother Harry is 100% unreconstructed bloke .
Now, to cement his ‘real bloke ’ credentials, Harry has gone and grown a beard.
Before McIntyre took on the show, he had the slender build of an average bloke , with the approachable good looks of Ewan McGregor.
This particular bloke actually changed his name to Gayelord of his own volition!!!!
Though he had a genuine empathy with the marginalized freaks of the world, Marty was ferociously straight bloke .
Quite a shower of shell fell all about us, the Turks having spotted there was some sort of "bloke " on the Rattlesnake.
He looked like one who had found the world a pleasant place, and Jim gruffly described him as a "jolly old bloke ."
Get planted till dark, then hold up th' first bloke you see an' take 'is duds.
I reckon that big bloke 'll be about two fifty out after I call.
Give a bloke alf a chance to git is wind, said Pug, an Ill spin yer the cuffer.
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British Dictionary definitions for bloke
noun
British and Australian an informal word for man
Word Origin for bloke C19: from Shelta
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