Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete spelling of
pole . - noun Waste arising from the preparation of skins, composed of hair, lime, oil, etc. It is used as manure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
waste matter from thepreparation ofskins , consisting ofhair ,lime ,oil , etc.
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Examples
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Mai Stormy kitteh who crosst teh brige mennee yeers ago wud sleep awn teh fut uv teh bed an snoar lowd enuff tew waik meh up. ai wud haz tew poak hurr wif mai fuut tew maik hurr stawp!
ever feel like the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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January 16, 2008 at 8:12 am oar “pinsh, poak, yoo owz me a coak”
let me splains dis to u one more times - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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But a pig in a poak is not the way of transacting bisniss imployed by Jeames De la
The diary of C. Jeames De La Pluche, Esq., with his letters 2006
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But a pig in a poak is not the way of transacting bisniss imployed by Jeames De la
Burlesques 2006
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Th 'naybors have getten used to seein em nah an have noa desire to poak fun at em.
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877
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She stoup'd and drop'd a poak, and thus began with a whining tone.
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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But a pig in a poak is not the way of transacting bisniss imployed by Jeames De la Pluche, Esquire. '
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I’m pretty sure Tamechi is another Tyler Perry character, but don’t let that stop you from shaking yo’ poak chops and yo’ ham hocks and throwing dem butter beans, you country dream.
vendingmachine commented on the word poak
I thought manure consists of feces. How can hair, lime and oil be classified as manure?
Never heard of the word POAK.
May 18, 2020
vendingmachine commented on the word poak
Found this:
Any substance added to the soil with the view of rendering it more fertile; specifically, and as used in leases and other contracts relating to real property, the excrementitious product of livestock, with refuse litter, accumulated, and used for enriching the land.
May 18, 2020