moke
Example Sentences
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The gawky camel shuffles along, a picture of woe with a load of 2 cwt. to 4 cwt., whilst the little moke trips smartly with almost an equal weight upon his back.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
An English coster’s moke is not to be named on the same day with the Cairo donkey, on which you can have a ride for a trifling sum.
From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Don't care for the baths, but there's sailing, and rollicking rides on a moke.
From Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour by Various
Though I'm only in the pawnbroking line, and an assistant at that, I flatter mythelf I played the blooming financier up to the nines, but he was as stubborn as Balaam's talking moke.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
Provided all one's kit had been put on a cart, the easiest way was often to let the moke go where it liked, and walk on oneself without it.
From A Kut Prisoner by Bishop, H. C. W.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.