poake

English

Noun

poake (plural poakes)

1. Obsolete form of poke.

Yola

Alternative forms

• pooke

Etymology

From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːk/

Noun

poake

1. 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