Talk:hoker
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- (obsolete) scorn; derision; abusive talk
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reues Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- She was as digne as water in a dich, / As ful of hoker and of bisemare.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Changed to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- OED has nothing after 1421. There are about 30 EEBO uses, mostly Chaucer reprints and personal names, which need to be gone through properly. This, that and the other (talk) 08:43, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
RFV-failed. There are some cites in EEBO circa 1500 (not sure if before or after) for hoker moker, but this doesn't seem to have any connection to Chaucer's word. This, that and the other (talk) 05:32, 19 March 2022 (UTC)