troak

English

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Etymology

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

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹəʊk/
  • (US) enPR: trōk, IPA(key): /tɹoʊk/

Verb

troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)

  1. To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
    • 1885, anonymous, “A REMARKABLE WELL”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Waikato Times:
      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, The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, 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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