Yoke

n.

Heard in Sligo, Offaly, Kilkenny, Longford, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Armagh, Limerick, Wexford and Westmeath

A car or van.

In use

We'll take my yoke if ya want.

Posh English

We shall proceed in my motor car should you so desire.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Bayste of a yokeThe male version of a Mullingar Heifer. Someone that is built like a brick shit-house.
  • Beast of a yokeWhat you would call a huge person as in huge fat or strong.
  • Cnut of a yokeA deeply frustrating, broken-down, or annoying piece of machinery.
  • Durty aul yokeAn unattractive woman or girl.
  • Mad yokeA crazy or eccentric person. Generally deployed admiringly when somebody does something…
  • Ow'l yokeAn undesirable or unpleasant sort of person.