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  • proper noun Obsolete spelling of York. (English city)
  • proper noun An English surname, variant of York.

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Examples

  • Mr. Hunsden gave him a mastiff cub, which he called Yorke, after the donor; it grew to a superb dog, whose fierceness, however, was much modified by the companionship and caresses of its young master.

    The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte 2006

  • Thom Yorke is the lead singer of which English rock group formed in 1987?

    August 2007 2007

  • Sisters, it states that Thom Yorke is a big influence on the girls.

    X Factor Betting Odds: The Inevitable Christmas Number One 2005

  • Well, okay, maybe labeling Yorke a “normal dude” might be something of an exaggeration.

    Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Well, okay, maybe labeling Yorke a “normal dude” might be something of an exaggeration.

    Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Well, okay, maybe labeling Yorke a “normal dude” might be something of an exaggeration.

    Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Well, okay, maybe labeling Yorke a “normal dude” might be something of an exaggeration.

    No More Knives Chuck Klosterman 2007

  • I had risen early, and though I had made an unusually careful toilet, calling Yorke to my aid to see that every lacer was fresh and securely tied, and my buckles shining, yet I had made much haste also, not knowing at what hour mademoiselle proposed starting, and fearing greatly to annoy her by being one moment tardy.

    The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon

  • "Yorke," I said, springing out of bed with a haste that made me light-headed for a moment, "help me into my clothes, and be quick about it; I think I hear sounds below that betoken getting ready for departure."

    The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon

  • By everybody except a very few infatuated persons, such as Yorke and

    The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Talbot Baines Reed 1872

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