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Moke. Origin of "moke," used in the mildly derogatory term "you lil' moke"

AnyoneDoes anyone know the origins of this oneterm? I have only managed to track one reference to it. comes I heard it from my Granny who was Romani. The Online Etymology Dictionary has this short entry:

moke (n.) "dolt," 1855, originally (16c.) "donkey;" of unknown origin, perhaps originally a personal name. In U.S., "black person," from 1856.

Moke. used in the mildly derogatory term "you lil' moke"

Anyone know the origins of this one? I have only managed to track one reference to it. comes from my Granny who was Romani

Origin of "moke," used in the mildly derogatory term "you lil' moke"

Does anyone know the origins of this term? I have only managed to track one reference to it. I heard it from my Granny who was Romani. The Online Etymology Dictionary has this short entry:

moke (n.) "dolt," 1855, originally (16c.) "donkey;" of unknown origin, perhaps originally a personal name. In U.S., "black person," from 1856.

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Moke. used in the mildly derogatory term "you lil' moke"

Anyone know the origins of this one? I have only managed to track one reference to it. comes from my Granny who was Romani