Meaning of pokeout | Babel Free

Definitions

A handout (gift to the needy).

archaic, rare, slang

Examples

“He found that instead of being 'a moocher of pokeouts at back doors' he could collect pocketfuls of coins in Bourbon Street in New Orleans by singing in the grog shops and can joints where a table of sailors was provided with glasses and a gallon tin of beer for two bits.”

CEFR level