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foki

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Hong Kong/fɔki/

foki noun: staff.

Noun

foki (plural fokis)

  1. (Hong-Kong, obsolete) staff
    • One of them took him by the queue and tied him to his fokis, while the other pointed a revolver at him and told him to keep quiet.1894 November 28, “The Winglok Street Outrage”, in Hongkong Telegraph, page 2
    • FOR impersonating an emigrant before the Harbour Master, a foki in an immigration boarding-house at 291 Des Vœux Road, West, was to-day fined $100 and the accountant, and another foki for aiding and abetting, $50 and $25 respectively.1905 January 30, Hongkong Telegraph, page 4

Examples of foki in a sentence

  • Something resembling a free fight occurred in Wing Lok Street last evening between the fokis employed at Nos 156 and 160.1905 August 30, “Fokis Fight”, in China Mail, page 4:
  • A CHINESE man who had left a note at the scene of his crime pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of clothing from five fokis.1918, South China Morning Post:
  • Cheung, a foki, told him raw meat could not be sold and Gore threw the meat in his face.1946 June 9, Hongkong Telegraph:
  • The company's representative pleaded the offence was unintentional as owing to holidays and busy hours the fokis was not informed of the ceiling price of that brand.1946 September 5, Hongkong Telegraph:

Forms of foki

pluralfokis

Origin of foki

From Cantonese 夥記 /伙记 (fo² gei³). Compare Chinese Pidgin English foki or fookee.

Questions about foki

What does foki mean?
Foki means staff.
How do you use foki in a sentence?
Something resembling a free fight occurred in Wing Lok Street last evening between the fokis employed at Nos 156 and 160.
What part of speech is foki?
Foki is a noun.
How do you pronounce foki?
Foki is pronounced /fɔki/ (Hong Kong).
What is the plural of foki?
The plural of foki is fokis.

Words near foki in the dictionary

  1. foizon
  2. foizons
  3. Fojtik
  4. Fojtiks
  5. FOK
  6. foki
  7. Fokien
  8. fokis
  9. Fokker
  10. Fokkers
  11. fokonolona

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