troak
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Scots troak, troke (“to barter, truck”), from Middle English trukken, trukien (> English truck), from Old French troquier, of Germanic origin. Compare German Trug (“deceit, trickery, deception”). More at truck.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɹəʊk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: trōk, IPA(key): /tɹoʊk/
- Rhymes: -əʊk, -oʊk
Verb edit
troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)
- (Scotland) To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
- 1885 January 15, anonymous author, “A REMARKABLE WELL”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], Waikato Times, page 3:
- The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a cheek upon any trading or fishing within a certain distance of the coast. It does not, however, prohibit the sale of small articles not used in their trade, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, known to the Scottish whalers under the name of "troaking".
- 1755 May 9, Allan Ramsay, Blyth may he be wha o'er the haugh[2], The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, published 1787 January 31, page 40:
- For living are obliged to rub thro' / To fend by troaking, buying, selling, / The profit's aft no worth the telling.
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Translations edit
exchange goods or services without involving money
Noun edit
troak (uncountable)