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bloke

[blohk] / bloʊk /
NOUN
older man
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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"She would make the angriest bloke smile, and the saddest lady laugh, that's just who she was... she was who everyone went to when they needed to be fixed."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

‘Lovely bloke I’m told. Colleague of yours, yes?’

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

One MP calls him a "good bloke", adding that "sound would be the Manchester word".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

"I went back to my group and said 'there's a bloke in there who looks like Quentin Tarantino'," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Amycus, the bloke, he teaches what used to be Defense Against the Dark Arts, except now it’s just the Dark Arts.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

“He was one of the most fertile blokes of the 1970s,” Mr. Craighead writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Many have pondered why Mexicans and Mexican Americans have such an affinity for those blokes from across the pond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

With thrilling stories about ordinary blokes willing some of history’s most beloved music into being, the tapestry of The Beatles is rife with drama and wonder.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026

This new Oasis scene seems to feature fewer blokes with sideburns, baggy nylon football shirts and those loud burps that follow swiftly-downed cans of Carling.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024

“There were these blokes in black shirts. And they were unloading cargo from Corporation boats.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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