moke

Example Sentences

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"Done," said I, and dragged the moke home.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

Many a rhyming moke, Sense from rhyme sundered: Many wrote well, but not— Not the Six Hundred.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.

Well, I call it shabby givin' 'em a kerridge without even so much as a old moke to dror it.

From Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 by Various

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

But I didn't want to be nasty, only I am regular shook on this old moke, I believe, and he's as square as Mr. Falkland's dogcart horse.'

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf