Tooke

[ too k ]

/ tʊk /

noun

(John) Horne

[hawrn] /hɔrn/, 1736–1812, English politician and philologist.

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Examples from the Web for tooke

They met Mr Tooke, and every person belonging to the household, before they reached the door.
The Crofton Boys|Harriet Martineau
When it was over, he muttered something, and Mr Tooke bent down to hear what it was.
The Crofton Boys|Harriet Martineau
Mr. Tooke does not know yet that you could have done your theme better than you did—as your mother would have known.
The Crofton Boys|Harriet Martineau
Tooke was a prodigious favourite with us (at Christs Hospital).
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Tooke took up the study, thinking, as he says, that it would throw light upon some philosophical questions.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen

British Dictionary definitions for tooke

Tooke

/ (tʊk) /

noun

John Horne, original name John Horne. 1736–1812, British radical, who founded (1771) the Constitutional Society to press for parliamentary reform: acquitted (1794) of high treason. He also wrote the philological treatise The Diversions of Purley (1786)

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