Yoke

n.

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

An ecstasy tablet. Also a general term for a thing or person.

In use

HOWUDOOONKID...ANY YOKES?" "Sham she's a mad yoke.

Posh English

I say, old chap, have you any ecstasy tablets? She is a rather eccentric character.

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.