hoka
/ (ˈhɒkɑː) /
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noun plural hoka
NZ another name for red cod
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Word Origin for hoka
Māori
Words nearby hoka
hoisin sauce, hoist, hoist by one's own petard, hoity-toity, Hojo, hoka, Hokan, hoke, hokey, hokey cokey, hokey-pokey
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How to use hoka in a sentence
It was a Corsican who had years before called him cochon sauvage—coçon chauvage, as Hoka mispronounced it.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis StevensonI was one day talking by the wayside with my friend Hoka, when I perceived his eyes suddenly to flash and his stature to swell.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis StevensonHoka, on one of his visits, fell suddenly in a brooding silence, and presently after left the ship with cold formality.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson