poked borack
poked borack is the simple past and past participle of poke borack.
Meaning of poke borack
Verb
poke borack (third-person singular simple present pokes borack, present participle poking borack, simple past and past participle poked borack)
- To impart false information in an attempt to mislead.
- […]and say, “Come on, Towball old boy, you′re old ′partment′s a waitin′ for you, sheets aired, and everything right.” Oh! he′s a awful cove for to poke borack at a feller, that old O'Neil.1888, Joseph Colin Francis Johnson, An Austral Christmas, page 10
- Synonyms:
- lead on, lead someone down the garden path, poke mullock
- To ridicule.
- The Thames people have earned among the members of the House of Representatives a reputation of the champion cadgers of New Zealand, and it was too bad of their member, who knows it very well, to poke "borak" at them in that unfeeling way.1881, Grey River Argus, [untitled article], page 2
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- Poked borack is the simple past and past participle of poke borack.
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