poke borax

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To ridicule. Australia,New-Zealand,intransitive,often
    — Maybe the geezer was a major really. Or maybe he was poking borax. That was the trouble with toffs from outside the area – you didn't know where you were with them.

词形变化

pokes borax present,singular,third-person poking borax participle,present poked borax participle,past poked borax past poke borack alternative poke borak alternative poke the borax alternative

词源

From poke borak or poke borack, probably by substitution of the unfamiliar word, by the law of Hobson-Jobson.
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