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TOKEN, commercial law (law)


TOKEN, commercial law. In England, this name is given to pieces of metal, made in the shape of money, passing among private persons by consent at a made in the shape of money, passing among private persons by consent at a certain value. 2 Adolph. P. S. 175; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 182. certain value. 2 Adolph. P. S. 175; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 182.

poke(1) (iou)



poke noun1. ME.
[Old Northern French poque, poke (cf. Anglo-Latin poca) var. of Old & mod. French poche POUCH noun: cf. POCKET noun. Cf. also PUCKER verb.]
A bag; a small sack. Now dial. exc. in pig in a poke s.v. PIG noun1. ME.
b. A bag holding a definite measure of wool, coal, meal, etc. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
c. A pocket worn on the person. arch. E17.
d. A purse, a wallet; a pocketbook. N. Amer. slang. M19.
e. A roll of banknotes; money. slang. E20.
The stomach of a fish. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
More fully poke sleeve. A long full sleeve. LME-E18.
In full poke-net. A bag-shaped fishing net. Chiefly Scot. LME.
(Disease marked by) a baglike swelling on the neck (now only of sheep). obsolete exc. dial. E17.
Comb.: poke-boy: employed to collect scattered branches in hop-picking; poke-net: see sense 4 above; poke-nook dial. a bottom corner of a bag or sack; one's own poke-nook, one's own resources; poke pudding (a) (now Scot. & dial.) a pudding made in a poke or bag; (b) Scot. a corpulent or gluttonous person; (derog. or joc.) an English person; poke-sleeve: see sense 3 above.