hoke

Meanings

Noun

Alternative of hook
Something contrived or artificial.

Verb

To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
To scrounge, to grub.

Origin

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc.
From hokum.
From the root of holk. Compare Scots howk.

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