moken.²

Brit.

/məʊk/, U.S.

/moʊk/

Forms: 1800s moak, 1800s– moke.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare English regional (Hampshire, Devon) mokus donkey.In the 16th cent. proverbial phrase ‘Mocke (or Mok) hath lost her shoe’ (Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte, 83, Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1396) it is possible that Mocke is a name for a donkey or a mare (compare Skelton's use of mockish adj. 2), although connection with modern moke is unlikely. Senses 2 and 3 may be etymologically distinct.

colloquial and regional.

a. A donkey.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > domesticated ass or donkey

neddy1545

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Jerusalem pony1806

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1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/1 Moak, a donkey.

1848 Papers of ‘M.S. Soc.’ i, in Art & Poetry (1850) 3 131 They might live like gods, have infinite smokes, Drink infinite rum, drive infinite mokes.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxx. 296 Miss Chummey..inclines to the one [sc. of the costermongers] who rides from market on a moke, rather than to the gentleman who sells his greens from a handbasket.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 305 But he saw the end of such fellows, when he came to the island of the Golden Asses... For they were all turned into mokes with ears a yard long, for meddling with matters which they do not understand.

1871 J. R. Green Let. 19 Feb. (1901) 286 At last I have resumed my donkey... Never was such a moke! She rushes at the steepest hillside.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 146/1 Where be yea gwayin on the moke, bay?

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 742 In our estimate of the donkey, we must exclude, as for other domesticated animals, all those unfortunate individuals that are ill-bred, under-fed, and badly treated; but that is not always true even of the coster's ‘moke’, which is often as engaging as it is well appreciated.

1974 F. Muir in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word! 53 Time to get the old moke working!

b. In extended use: a person who is stupid, awkward, or incompetent; a dolt, a fool; = donkey n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

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Muppet1989

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1855 D. G. Rossetti Let. 25 Nov. (1965) I. 282 He has an irreconcilable grudge against a poor moke of a fellow called Archer Gurney.

1873 J. A. Mair Handbk. Proverbs 459 Moke, an old person, disrespectfully spoken to.

1915 Dial. Notes 4 199 Terms of disparagement..moke about the same meaning and usage as mutt, or boob.

1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania xxiii. 661 It is a manner of speaking, not joking, but joshing, and only mokes engage in it.

c. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. A horse, esp. an inferior one.

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1863 Frank Gardiner, or Bushranging in 1863 9 I didn't know what had become of the moke.

1879 in L. A. Smith Music of Waters (1888) 356 For many a long time he tried a Derby to win, But I was the moke to carry him in.

1891 Argus (Melbourne) 12 May 6/3 I have exchanged my hired moke for a fine black horse.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxvi. 220 My old moke flung a shoe and went dead lame.

1965 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker viii. 93 I put twenty [quid] on this moke and he ran third.

1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 29 ‘How's my horse?’..‘Your old moke's alright,’ laughed the Boss.

1998 Odds On June 12/2 A punter can spend weeks sifting through entries..He places his bet, then..some moke is supplemented and takes 25 or 30 per cent out of the market.

2. U.S. derogatory (offensive). A black person. Also (in extended use): a dark-skinned person of any race. Now rare.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun]

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MoorOE

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member1962

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Oreo1968

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moolie1988

c1847 J. T. Downey Cruise of Portsmouth (1963) 121 Even the ‘mokes’ in the ‘black sea’ caught the infection.

1856 C. White Oh, Hush! 9 Rose, don't you interfere, I'll show dis moke a sight.

1875 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 142/1 ‘See here! my lively moke,’ said he, ‘you sling on too much style!’

1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 53 They want to hear old fashioned negro melodies, and yet these mokes will tackle Italian opera.

1899 in J. R. Young Reminisc. & Thrilling Stories 531 Say, Aguinaldo, you little measly Malay moke.

1901 Cosmopolitan Oct. 637/2 Across the stage have paraded long processions of ‘musical mokes’, ‘knock-abouts’ and ‘monologists’.

1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 635 Moke was thrown into competition with coon in 1899 by the success of ‘Smokey Mokes’, a popular song by Holzmann and Lind.

1981 D. Simonson et al. Pidgin to da Max in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 632/1 Moke,..local boy whose idea of a good time is to broke [sic] some body's face.

†3. Theatre slang. A performer who plays several different instruments. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > types of performer

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moke1890

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chair-warmer1909

act1919

single1923

single act1952

warm-up man1959

warmer-up1960

1890 Cent. Dict. Moke, a variety performer who plays on several instruments.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	moke
释义	† moken.¹ Forms: 1600s moak, 1600s mock, 1600s–1800s moke. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to mesh n. and mask n.¹, although the nature of the relationship is unclear. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mō^uk) /məʊk/. English regional (southern). Obsolete. The mesh of a net. Also in plural: wickerwork. ΚΠ 1604 Hastings Corporation Rec. 4 Aug. in W. D. Cooper Gloss. Provincialisms Sussex (1853) 61 Any trawl-net, whereof the moak holdeth not five inches size throughout. 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 72 The Mokes of a net. 1681 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 3) 329 The Mocks of a Net, the Mashes of a Net. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Moke, the mesh of a net. Also wicker-work, perhaps from the resemblance to the meshes of a net. Norf[olk]. 1839 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (new ed.) 111/2 Moke, the mesh of a net. Norf. Hants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). moken.² Brit. /məʊk/, U.S. /moʊk/ Forms: 1800s moak, 1800s– moke. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare English regional (Hampshire, Devon) mokus donkey.In the 16th cent. proverbial phrase ‘Mocke (or Mok) hath lost her shoe’ (Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte, 83, Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1396) it is possible that Mocke is a name for a donkey or a mare (compare Skelton's use of mockish adj. 2), although connection with modern moke is unlikely. Senses 2 and 3 may be etymologically distinct. colloquial and regional. 1. a. A donkey. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > domesticated ass or donkey neddy1545 jade1600 cuddy1714 donkey1785 Jerusalem pony1806 moke1839 cardophagus1858 Jerusalem1872 donk1916 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 164/1 Moak, a donkey. 1848 Papers of ‘M.S. Soc.’ i, in Art & Poetry (1850) 3 131 They might live like gods, have infinite smokes, Drink infinite rum, drive infinite mokes. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxx. 296 Miss Chummey..inclines to the one [sc. of the costermongers] who rides from market on a moke, rather than to the gentleman who sells his greens from a handbasket. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 305 But he saw the end of such fellows, when he came to the island of the Golden Asses... For they were all turned into mokes with ears a yard long, for meddling with matters which they do not understand. 1871 J. R. Green Let. 19 Feb. (1901) 286 At last I have resumed my donkey... Never was such a moke! She rushes at the steepest hillside. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 146/1 Where be yea gwayin on the moke, bay? a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 742 In our estimate of the donkey, we must exclude, as for other domesticated animals, all those unfortunate individuals that are ill-bred, under-fed, and badly treated; but that is not always true even of the coster's ‘moke’, which is often as engaging as it is well appreciated. 1974 F. Muir in F. Muir & D. Norden Upon my Word! 53 Time to get the old moke working! b. In extended use: a person who is stupid, awkward, or incompetent; a dolt, a fool; = donkey n. 2a. 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G. Rossetti Let. 25 Nov. (1965) I. 282 He has an irreconcilable grudge against a poor moke of a fellow called Archer Gurney. 1873 J. A. Mair Handbk. Proverbs 459 Moke, an old person, disrespectfully spoken to. 1915 Dial. Notes 4 199 Terms of disparagement..moke about the same meaning and usage as mutt, or boob. 1992 P. Theroux Happy Isles Oceania xxiii. 661 It is a manner of speaking, not joking, but joshing, and only mokes engage in it. c. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. A horse, esp. an inferior one. ΚΠ 1863 Frank Gardiner, or Bushranging in 1863 9 I didn't know what had become of the moke. 1879 in L. A. Smith Music of Waters (1888) 356 For many a long time he tried a Derby to win, But I was the moke to carry him in. 1891 Argus (Melbourne) 12 May 6/3 I have exchanged my hired moke for a fine black horse. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxvi. 220 My old moke flung a shoe and went dead lame. 1965 H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker viii. 93 I put twenty [quid] on this moke and he ran third. 1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 29 ‘How's my horse?’..‘Your old moke's alright,’ laughed the Boss. 1998 Odds On June 12/2 A punter can spend weeks sifting through entries..He places his bet, then..some moke is supplemented and takes 25 or 30 per cent out of the market. 2. U.S. derogatory (offensive). A black person. Also (in extended use): a dark-skinned person of any race. Now rare. 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T. Downey Cruise of Portsmouth (1963) 121 Even the ‘mokes’ in the ‘black sea’ caught the infection. 1856 C. White Oh, Hush! 9 Rose, don't you interfere, I'll show dis moke a sight. 1875 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 142/1 ‘See here! my lively moke,’ said he, ‘you sling on too much style!’ 1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 53 They want to hear old fashioned negro melodies, and yet these mokes will tackle Italian opera. 1899 in J. R. Young Reminisc. & Thrilling Stories 531 Say, Aguinaldo, you little measly Malay moke. 1901 Cosmopolitan Oct. 637/2 Across the stage have paraded long processions of ‘musical mokes’, ‘knock-abouts’ and ‘monologists’. 1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 635 Moke was thrown into competition with coon in 1899 by the success of ‘Smokey Mokes’, a popular song by Holzmann and Lind. 1981 D. Simonson et al. Pidgin to da Max in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 632/1 Moke,..local boy whose idea of a good time is to broke [sic] some body's face. †3. Theatre slang. A performer who plays several different instruments. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > types of performer pantomimus1589 amateur1757 figure1767 feature1801 débutant1824 warhorse1836 moke1890 trouper1890 chair-warmer1909 act1919 single1923 single act1952 warm-up man1959 warmer-up1960 1890 Cent. Dict. Moke, a variety performer who plays on several instruments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). moken.³ Brit. /məʊk/, U.S. /moʊk/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare earlier moky adj. Perhaps related to moch adj. or muggy adj.¹ English regional (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire). Now rare. A mist or fog. ΚΠ 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Moke,..a mist, foggy thick weather. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Moke,..cloud and dampness together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Moken.⁴ Brit. /məʊk/, U.S. /moʊk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moke n.² Etymology: < moke n.², probably on account of the vehicle being regarded as a working vehicle or ‘beast of burden’. Compare slightly later Mini-Moke n. = Mini-Moke n.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.Quot. 1963 refers to an experimental model. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > specific model Olds1907 Model T1909 Ford1914 Rolls1915 Merc1930 T-model1932 beetle1958 T-bird1958 VW1958 Mini1959 Moke1959 deux-chevaux1962 Mini-Moke1962 Liftback1973 Beemer1978 Roller1979 foreign2010 1959 Autocar 16 Oct. 405 This tiny, jeep-type vehicle, called the Moke, is being tested by the army. It is based on the new B.M.C. Mini-Minor. 1963 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 11/1 BMC believes the twin-engine Moke could be useful to farmers and for military and industrial use. 1977 Age (Melbourne) 18 Jan. (Advts. Suppl.) See performing dolphins and aquatic shows. Hire a Moke and enjoy the hinterland. 1990 D. McCullin Unreasonable Behaviour i. 16 We watched in appalled fascination until dawn, when the battle died down and the moke's engine, finally running out of petrol, puttered to a stop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1604n.²1839n.³1866n.⁴1959
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