prokern.
/ˈprəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈproʊkər/, Scottish English /ˈprokər/, Irish English /ˈproʊkər/ Chiefly English regional (midlands), Scottish, and Irish English.
A poker.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker
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proker1742
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1742 J. Winstanley Poems 86 A pair of Tongs, brought from a Broker, a Fender, and a rusty Proker.
1763 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves (ed. 2) xiii. 133 He the squire, objecting to the proposal, one of them had seised the proker [1762 (ed. 1) seized the poker], and basted him with his own blood.
1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 44 Before the antique Hall's turf fire, Was stretch'd the Porter..his proker in his hand. [Note] Hibernicè, proker; Anglicè, poker.
1842 R. H. Barham Lay Old Woman in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 263 The ‘prokers’ are not half so hot, or so long, By an inch or two, either in handle or prong.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) Tek the proker tew 'im, wumman!
1924 A. W. Moore Vocab. Anglo-Manx Dial. 140 Dhrop that talk befoore this proker'll go down yer throat.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 220/1 Proker,..a poker for fire.
1974 D. Wilson Staffs. Dial. Words 51 Proker, poker.
1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 177/1 Proker, Aberangell, Llanwyddyn. A fireside poker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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