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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.
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they wallowed as pigs in a poke. --chaucer.
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2. a long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
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to boy a pig a poke that is, in a bag, to buy a thing
without knowledge or examination of it. --camden.
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see also:
pock pocket pouch poke sleeve to boy a pig a poke
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