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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
poke \poke\, n. as. poca, poha, pohha; akin to icel. poki, od.
   poke, and perh. to e. pock; cf. also gael. poca, and of.
   poque. cf. pock, pocket, pouch.
   1. a bag; a sack; a pocket. "he drew a dial from his poke."
      --shak.
      1913 webster

            they wallowed as pigs in a poke.      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
      1913 webster

   to boy a pig a poke that is, in a bag, to buy a thing
      without knowledge or examination of it. --camden.
      1913 webster
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pock pocket pouch poke sleeve to boy a pig a poke 

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