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单词 to poke one's head
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to poke one's head (also neck)
a. intransitive. To hold one's head thrust forward, esp. when walking; to have a stoop. Also transitive in to poke one's head (also neck).Apparently unattested between the 14th and 18th centuries.
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?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 171 (MED) I lench, i len, on lyme i lasse, I poke, i pomple, i palle, i passe, As galliþ gome igeld.
1762 G.-A. Gallini Treat. Art of Dancing 163 A vulgar or improper carriage of the head, either by poking the neck, or stooping the head.
1774 J. Woodforde Diary 3 June in Woodforde at Oxf. (1969) 228 Miss Wood is very pretty but pokes a good deal.
1776 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 211 She laughs louder than a man, pokes her Head vehemently, Dresses shockingly.
c1810 H. Shelley in J. A. Symonds Shelley (1878) ii. 45 It was not worn as a punishment, but because I poked.
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. xi. 185 ‘A quarter's dancing’ would be well bestowed on the young lady, as she certainly poked most terribly.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Stan' up! don't poke like that.
1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth (1906) 3 They both poke their heads, and Jane turns in her toes.
a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 216 Poke,..to stoop; to go about with a stoop. He pokes more nor he usen.
1994 Dog World June 54/2 Poke, to carry the neck stretched forward in an abnormally low, ungainly position, usually when moving.
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