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Webster 1913 Edition
Oke
Oke
(ōk)
, Noun.
[Turk.
okkah
, fr. Ar. ūkīyah
, wakīyah
, prob. fr. Gr. οὐγγία
, οὐγκία
, an ounce, fr. L. uncia
. Cf. Ounce
a weight.] 1.
A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 23⁄4 pounds.
2.
An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2½ pints.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oke
OKE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
oke
oke
English
Noun
oke (plural okes)
- (historical or obsolete) A Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian and Wallachian unit of weight, equal to about 2 & 3/4 lbs.
References
- oke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ↑ "oke." *OED 2nd edition. 1989. (online)
- 1 2 "oka." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.
Etymology 2
From Afrikaans.
Noun
oke (plural okes)
- (South Africa, slang) Man; guy; bloke.
- 1998, Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book, page 106:
- An oke meets up with his ex-wife at a party. After a few dops, he puts his arm around her and suggests they go to bed. 'Over my dead body,' she snarls at him. He downs his drink and says, 'I see you haven't changed.'
- 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex:
- I had initiated an African ritual by giving the pipe to him. And you can never stay befuck with an oke you smoke nchangu with.
- 1998, Leon Schuster, Leon Schuster's Lekker, Thick South African Joke Book, page 106: