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yoker

British  
/ ˈjəʊkə /

verb

  1. dialect to spit

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Ha! and it was before this creature that Greece trembled? this is our yoker of Hellesponts, our designer of Athos-canals?—Croesus too! a sad spectacle!

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

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