foki
/fɔki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "One of them took him by the queue and tied him to his fokis, while the other pointed a revolver at him and told him to keep quiet."
- "FOR impersonating an emigrant before the Harbour Master, a foki in an immigration boarding-house at 291 Des Vœux Road, West, was to-day fined $100 and the accountant, and another foki for aiding and abetting, $50 and $25 respectively."
- "Something resembling a free fight occurred in Wing Lok Street last evening between the fokis employed at Nos 156 and 160."
- "Fokis from his farm go out to the neighbouring villages and buy eggs and take them back to his farm twice a week; and these eggs together with those produced on his own farm are brought to Hong Kong by launch."
- "A CHINESE man who had left a note at the scene of his crime pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of clothing from five fokis. He was caught after he left a note, signed by himself, with his victims. He was sentenced to six weeks in prison."
- "Cheung said that Gore, apparently under the influence of liquor, went to the Sun Sung Oot Cafe, Hennessy Road, and insisted on buying a piece of raw beef hung in the shop. Cheung, a foki, told him raw meat could not be sold and Gore threw the meat in his face."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 夥記