moke

Example Sentences

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The rude 'bus-driver said, That them what couldn't drive a horse Should try a moke instead.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891 by Various

Why, I wouldn’t refuse a well-cooked bit of the toughest old moke that ever dragged a cart.”

From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville

From a Deputy-Assistant-Sub-Inspector—with the mortuary reversion of the Assistant-Sub-Inspectorship itself—to a swagman, bluey on shoulder and billy in hand, is as easy as falling off a playful moke.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

After Jacob had got well past I went over to the horse, which was still feeding, and found it was my old moke, ready saddled-up.

From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

The races came to Dandaloo, And all the cornstalks from the West, On ev'ry kind of moke and screw, Came forth in all their glory drest.

From The Man from Snowy River by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)