1915 N.Y. World 18 July 2 m/4 Those who pretend to know say that the euk did more than anything else to put the lulu in Honolulu.]

1921 Quill July 21 The music store of Gino Polluce on Blocker Street was raided by Inspector Bullem but no ukes were captured.

1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop i. 7 I fooled around with the uke.

1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl 133 A big grey hair. It looks just like a uke-string, it's that big.

1976 W. Goldman Magic iii. xiv. 227 I won't sing no more 'Cause I ain't got my uke.

1956 K. Tomiki Judo iii. 74 Making a sickle of your leg, apply the back of your right knee to that of uke's left knee, crosswise. Sharply reap his left leg toward your right oblique back corner.

1961 New Statesman 22 Sept. 402/2 The thrower's body is turned facing the same way as the Uke's... He gets both feet inside the Uke's.

1972 Judo Illustrated Sept. 48/2 Tori and uke should be friends and know each other's attitudes well.

1984 Coaching Award Scheme (Brit. Judo Assoc.) 6/2 If nage-no-Kata is mastered it vastly widens tori's repertoire, but just as vital, it will eliminate uke's fears of falling—right or left side.