bloke

[ blohk ]

/ bloʊk /

man; fellow; guy.

Origin of bloke

First recorded in 1850–55; origin uncertain

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Can I 'ave the arternoon off to see a bloke abaht a job fer my missis?

Jokes For All Occasions |Anonymous
I wuz out wid a bloke, showin' him de sites uv de Reservation, an' he asks me wot I'd do if I had a million bones.

Bowery Life |Chuck Connors
A bloke goes by every little w'ile an' fergets to duck 'is napper.

Kitchener's Mob |James Norman Hall
You was so,” said Billy, “a-joring and a-joring and a-joring same as you never heard a bloke.

My Friend Smith |Talbot Baines Reed

I didn't tell all what happened in the stall to-day when that bloke were here.

Frank Merriwell's Races |Burt L. Standish

bloke

/ (bləʊk) /

British and Australian an informal word for man

C19: from Shelta