bloke
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bloke
First recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain
Vocabulary lists containing bloke
Example Sentences
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Ava Evans was debating the issue with comedian Geoff Norcott, who has written a new book The British Bloke Decoded, amid calls from Tory MP Nick Fletcher for a minister for men.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023
“I really don’t care about that. Joe Bloke is the person I’m interested in. I’m just a hairdresser, nothing else.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020
When a columnist wrote a nasty piece dismissing the First Bloke as a “hipster salty seadog,” he tweeted a picture of himself holding a fish and calling it another bottom feeder.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2018
Very much the antithesis of Techno Bloke, Jamie Lidell is an artist who's come out from behind his set-up of analogue equipment and samplers to embrace his inner performer.
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2013
"Bloke farther up the trenches, sir, wot don't seem quite right in the 'ead."
From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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