Meaning of gloak | Babel Free

Definitions

A man, a guy.

UK, slang

Examples

“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?’”

“[…] 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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