† poakn.
Obsolete. rare.
A waste product which remains after the preparation of skins (see quot. 1846).
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1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Poake, waste arising from the preparation of skins, composed of hair, lime, and oil. Farm. Encycl.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Poak.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1846- i wouldn't be seen dead in, with
- i wouldn't know
- i wouldn't piss on a person if that person was on fire
- i wouldn't piss on a person if was on fire
- i wouldn't piss on if that person was on fire
- i wouldn't piss on if was on fire
- i wouldn't say no to
- i wouldn't touch etc with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch etc with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch etc with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch etc with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch her with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with the end of a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a tenfoot pole