hoke.
To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
Meaning & usage
To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
Where this word comes from
From hokum.
Something contrived or artificial.
Where this word comes from
From hokum.
To scrounge, to grub.
Where this word comes from
From the root of holk (“hollow cavity”). Compare Scots howk.
Alternative form of hook.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc.
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