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† gloak slang. Obs.
Also gloach.
[Of unknown origin; cf. bloke.]
A man, fellow, ‘cove’. (See also buzz-gloak.)
1795Potter Dict. Cant., Gloak, a man. High Tober gloak, a highwayman well dressed and mounted. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Gloak, synonymous with Gill. 1821D. Haggart Life 48, I said ‘I will punsh outsides with your nibs, but not with that gloach’. 1834W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. v, The prince of the high-toby gloaks. |