Yoke

n.

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

An arbitrary object, can also be used to refer to a person as in,

In use

Ye mad yoke!

Posh English

You delightfully eccentric specimen!

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…