| 单词 | poke-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoke-out poke-out n. [with sense (b) perhaps alternatively compare poke n.1] (a) an act of poking something out (rare); (b) (U.S. slang) a parcel of food given to a tramp, etc.; a lunch; (c) (U.S. slang) a cookout; an outdoor trip including this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [noun] > barbecue barbecue1733 poke-out1874 wiener roast1907 cook-up1911 bar-b-q1926 BBQ1938 braaivleis1939 cookout1941 churrasco1949 braai1959 barbie1976 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find by other specific means to look out?1496 to turn up1523 to bolt out1553 quafer1694 peep1819 poke-out1874 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity almsOE almosec1330 charity1362 almousc1390 pittancea1425 common dole1463 goodc1475 almoignc1480 God's penny1550 sportula1606 basket-dole1618 trencher-fee1652 basket-alms1660 sedekah1839 poke-out1874 handout1882 gate-alms1896 the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > gift or offering of food > [noun] > food parcel > for tramp poke-out1874 lump1912 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > rummaging or thorough searching > an act of oversearch1490 rummage1733 battue1854 poke-out1874 1874 J. Ruskin Let. in Hortus Inclusus (1887) 3 We go into the Sacristy and have a reverent little poke out of relics. 1894 ‘J. Flynt’ in Cent. Mag. Mar. 713/2 He returned with a ‘poke-out’ (food given at the door). 1907 J. London Road 12 I could ‘throw my feet’ with the next one when it came to ‘slamming a gate’ for a ‘poke-out’ or a ‘set-down’. 1937 ‘D. Boyle’ Keeping in Trouble iv. 55 Yuh sure can batter 'em for a poke-out. 1986 R. L. Chapman New Dict. Amer. Slang (1987) 332/2 Poke-out, food, esp that handed out in a package from a back door. < as lemmas |
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