moke

British slang
as in donkey
a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things scolded his assistant for having no more intelligence than a moke

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Noun
  • His family had a donkey, dogs, goats, cattle, and assorted poultry.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Already, the area in front of the school was snarled with donkey carts loaded with people’s belongings, cooking gas cylinders, jugs of drinking water, mattresses and tarps.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But change comes hard to an institution that counted Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general and uses an army of 635,000 union workers and contractors, a fleet of specialized trucks, boats, float planes and even mules to help deliver about 300 pieces of mail daily.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The Money At the southern border, Border Patrol agents face a deadly game with cartels, smugglers and drug mules.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, humans will tire out long before the burro.
    Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
  • Spencer’s sold a burro, imported from Mexico at a cost of $85 for a young male and $180 for a female foal.
    Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Moke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moke. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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