Broke

·- imp. & ·p.p. of Break.

II. Broke ·- of Break.

III. Broke ·Impf of Break.

IV. Broke ·vi To transact business for another.

V. Broke ·vi To act as procurer in love matters; to Pimp.

broke
a rupture. Kent. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
broke
Sentence of a court-martial, depriving an officer of his commission. ...

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Broke, or Brooke, Arthur
(d. 1563) Translator, was the author of The Tragicall Historie of Romeus and Juliett, from which Sh...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Broke Wharf
See Brook's Wharf. ...

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broke-up
Said of a gale of wind passing away; or a ship which has gone to pieces on a reef, &c. ...

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