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English
Noun
poake (plural poakes)
- Obsolete form of poke.
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke.
Pronunciation
Noun
poake
- poke, pocket
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 34:Dhicka poake.- That pocket.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62