bloke
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First known usage 1851. Origin unknown. Hypotheses include:[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bloke (plural blokes)
- (informal) A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street. [From 1851.]
- 1930, P. G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves, 2006, Overlook Press, page 235,
- The door flew open, and there was a bloke with spectacles on his face and all round the spectacles an expression of strained anguish. A bloke with a secret sorrow.
- 1931, Cab Calloway, Irving Mills, Minnie the Moocher, lyrics of 1930, 31 and 33 versions,
- She messed around with a bloke named Smoky.
- 1958, Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy, page 281,
- It was a Cockney bloke who had never seen a cow till he came inside. Cragg said it took some blokes like that, and city fellows are the worse.
- 2000, Elizabeth Young, Asking for Trouble, page 19,
- As her current bloke was turning out better than expected, I didn't see much of her lately.
- 1930, P. G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves, 2006, Overlook Press, page 235,
- (UK) a man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
- (now chiefly Quebec, colloquial) An anglophone man.
- (Australia) An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
- 2000 May 5, Belinda Luscombe, “Cinema: Of Mad Max and Madder Maximus”, Time:
- ‘The Bloke’ is a certain kind of Australian or New Zealand male. […] The Classic Bloke is not a voluble beast. His speech patterns are best described as infrequent but colorful. […] ¶ The Bloke is pragmatic rather than classy. […] ¶ Most of all, the Bloke does not whinge.
- 2000 May 5, Belinda Luscombe, “Cinema: Of Mad Max and Madder Maximus”, Time:
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:man
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (ordinary man): sheila (Australia)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
man
