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poked borax

poked borax is the simple past and past participle of poke borax.

Meaning of poke borax

Verb

poke borax (third-person singular simple present pokes borax, present participle poking borax, simple past and past participle poked borax)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive, often) To ridicule.
    • Maybe the geezer was a major really. Or maybe he was poking borax. That was the trouble with toffs from outside the area – you didn't know where you were with them.2004, C. K. Stead, Mansfield: A Novel, unnumbered page

Questions about poked borax

What is poked borax the simple past and past participle of?
Poked borax is the simple past and past participle of poke borax.

Words near poked borax in the dictionary

  1. poked about
  2. poked along
  3. poked around
  4. poked borack
  5. poked borak
  6. poked borax
  7. poked fun
  8. poked holes in
  9. poked mullock
  10. poked one's fun
  11. poked one's nose into

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