What does gloak mean?
Gloak means (UK, slang) A man, a guy..
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/ɡləʊk/ · noun
(UK, slang) A man, a guy..
[…] both toby-gills [highwaymen], buz-gloaks [pickpockets], cracksmen [housebreakers], &c., but from their good address and respectable appearance nobody would suspect their real vocation.
You're a prime gloak, an out-and-outer, to get as far as you did before they grabbed you.
‘Brit, by the look of him,’ cries a short, freckl’d seaman in whom Stature and Pugnacity enjoy an inverse relation. ‘– long way from home ain’t you old Gloak?’
Use gloak when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gloak means (UK, slang) A man, a guy..
Common synonyms include bloke, boy, bro, broski.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] both toby-gills [highwaymen], buz-gloaks [pickpockets], cracksmen [housebreakers], &c., but from their good address and respectable appearance nobody would suspect their real vocation.
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