moke
noun
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
mokes
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pluralof moke.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“You been beefin’ with mokes already,” Mike said to me.
From The New Yorker ● May 25, 2015
One of the best mokes on the station.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
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
I've got a pair of snow-white mokes," he says, "and I've bought a coster's shallow.
From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by David Christie Murray
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
