moke
Americannoun
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mokes
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Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
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British Slang. a donkey.
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Australian Slang. a poor-looking, inferior horse.
noun
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a slang name for donkey
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slang an inferior type of horse
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of moke
First recorded in 1840–50; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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But I didn't want to be nasty, only I am regular shook on this old moke, I believe, and he's as square as Mr. Falkland's dogcart horse.'
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
“Ah,” said Mark, brightening up a little, “that moke is a beast.”
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
Provided all one's kit had been put on a cart, the easiest way was often to let the moke go where it liked, and walk on oneself without it.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
Why, I wouldn’t refuse a well-cooked bit of the toughest old moke that ever dragged a cart.”
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by George Manville Fenn
Well, I call it shabby givin' 'em a kerridge without even so much as a old moke to dror it.
From Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 by Various
“You been beefin’ with mokes already,” Mike said to me.
From The New Yorker ● May 25, 2015
Mess-hall waiters are sometimes called "mokes," while at other times the names of certain exalted dignitaries of the Navy Department, or of the academy, are applied to them.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
His father's ice-cream business never had any fascination for the lad; but from the first his spirit drew him to the long-eared shaggy mokes of certain of the neighbours.
From Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs by Alfred Ollivant
At the appointed time he appeared on foot, leading two mokes and armed with a long thick stick.
From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by M. Horace (Matthew Horace) Hayes
You don't know the paddocks as I know them, nor the mokes either.
From The Shadow of a Man by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
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