Yoke

n.

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

Any object or contraption, especially one whose name is momentarily forgotten.

In use

Throw us over that yoke there will ya? no the other yoke. now your suckin diesel.

Posh English

Kindly pass me that implement there, would you? No, the other one. Now you are operating most efficiently.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Yoke-eh-me-bobA placeholder term for an object whose proper name one cannot recall.
  • 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…