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pokes borax

pokes borax is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pokes borax

What is pokes borax the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pokes borax is the third-person singular simple present indicative of poke borax.

Words near pokes borax in the dictionary

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

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