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Poke
·noun A bag; a sack; a pocket. II. Poke ·noun A long, wide sleeve; — called also poke sleeve. III...

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poke
A blow with the fist: I'll lend you a poke. A poke likewise means a sack: whence, to buy a pig in a ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
poke
1) A bag. I have heard this old word used by some persons here in the compound term cream-poke; that...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
poke
a sack or bag. N. ...

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Bonnet
·noun A headdress for men and boys; a cap. II. Bonnet ·noun The second stomach of a ruminating anim...

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Bonnet
(Heb. peer), Ex. 39:28 (R.V., "head-tires"); Ezek. 44:18 (R.V., "tires"), denotes properly a turban ...

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bonnet
An additional part laced to the foot of the jibs, or other fore-and-aft sails, in small vessels in m...

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to poke fun
To joke; to make fun. To poke fun at, is to ridicule, make a butt of one. The widow admonished Nimr...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
poke-loken
An Indian word, used by hunters and lumbermen in Maine, to denote a marshy place or stagnant pool, e...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
poke-weed
POKE (Lat. phytolacca.) A common plant, known also by the names of Garget, Cocum, Jalap, &c. It is ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Blue bonnet
·noun ·Alt. of Blue-bonnet. ...

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Blue-bonnet
·noun A plant. ·same·as <<Bluebottle>>. II. Blue-bonnet ·noun The European blue titmouse (Parus coe...

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Bonnet rouge
·add. ·- The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patr...

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Glengarry bonnet
·add. ·- A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the ...

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bonnet-flook
A name of the well-known flat-fish, brill, pearl, or mouse-dab; the Pleuronectes rhombus. ...

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