Pokes
[pəuks]
Examples
- Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then Judy pokes Mr. Smallweed once, and Mr. Smallweed pokes Judy once. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He goes up to a house, rings the area bell, pokes a packet of medicine without a direction into the servant's hand, and walks off. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And stealthily rubbed her little hands behind him, and poked a few exultant pokes with her two forefingers over the crown of his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In vain Amy telegraphed the word 'talk', tried to draw her out, and administered covert pokes with her foot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To which Mrs. Bagnet responds with two pokes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm sure I'm always expecting to hear of her having met with something horrible among all those wretched places she pokes herself into. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Again, if I move a finger or relax a muscle of my face, Miss Murdstone pokes me with her prayer-book, and makes my side ache. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Sophie