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gunpokes

gunpokes is the plural of gunpoke.

Meaning of gunpoke

Noun

gunpoke (plural gunpokes)

  1. (slang) Someone who carries a gun; an armed man.
    • ‘He lets you win a lot of money and sends a gunpoke around to take it back for him.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 164

Questions about gunpokes

What is gunpokes the plural of?
Gunpokes is the plural of gunpoke.

Words near gunpokes in the dictionary

  1. gunpit
  2. gunplay
  3. gunplays
  4. gunpoint
  5. gunpoke
  6. gunpokes
  7. gunport
  8. gunports
  9. gunpost
  10. gunposts
  11. gunpowder

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