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 only real worry is keeping the donkey in focus.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Dozens of families quit their homes in Tel Al-Sultan heading northward to Khan Younis, some on foot, while others carried their belongings and children on donkey carts and rickshaws.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 23 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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