DCHP-3

poke ((1))†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a bag or small sack especially one used in carrying gold dust or nuggets.

Quotations

1910
Then the girl will pry him loose from his poke. . . .
1954
In two hours he took out two hundred and seventy-eight dollars in fine dust which had sifted out of miners' pokes slapped onto the bar above
2n.

a sleeping bag.

Quotations

1936
. . . he dressed quickly, hung the canvas poke in a balsam for convenient reference that evening, and hurried to the cabin.
1953
The sergeant cooked thick caribou collops on the primus plate and made scones, and they ate. After they had put out the primus and lighted the sea-oil lamp, they leaned back on their pokes.