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jook
1[ jook, jook ]
jook
2[ jook ]
noun
- jouk.
jook
/ dʒʊk /
verb
- tr to poke or puncture (the skin)
noun
- a jab or the resulting wound
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Origin of jook1
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Example Sentences
In a mirror of last week, we split up the last of the jook and hotdish for lunch.
Hinnissy, if he had his rights, is Jook iv Munster; an' ye know what he's got.
Besides which, the Jook was a man of the most morbid and ultra refinement.
The Jook looked at me with his most placid smile, and replied blandly, "Thank you very much, but I'd rather not."
It was really very embarrassing to me, for of course I could not tell her that the Jook had declined the honor of an introduction.
Of course I washed my hands of the Jook, for I was too much exasperated to be even civil to him.
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