gloak en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡləʊk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Meanings
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(UK, slang) A man, a guy.
[…] both toby-gills [highwaymen], buz-gloaks [pickpockets], cracksmen [housebreakers], &c., but from their good address and respectable appearance nobody would suspect their real vocation.
quoted in 2013, Nicola Phillips, The Profligate Son (page 133)‘Brit, by the look of him,’ cries a short, freckl’d seaman in whom Stature and Pugnacity enjoy an inverse relation. ‘– long way from home ain’t you old Gloak?’
1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 401:You're a prime gloak, an out-and-outer, to get as far as you did before they grabbed you.
1956, Frank Clune, Martin Cash: The Last of the Tasmanian Bushrangers, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gloaks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
gate · gink · gome · chield · cat · wye · fellow · bro · dawg · wer · fella · broski · covey · chap · gloak · lede · punk · shalk · pillicock · dude · health · omi · ninja · cove · dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang) · seg · geezer · bloke · rooster · homeboy · were · wallah · chappy · guy · homey · gadgie · nigga · bruh · joe · boy