Yoke

n.

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

A versatile noun used for any object, gadget, or thing whose name escapes the speaker.

In use

Pass us that yoke over there on the counter, would ya?

Posh English

Hand me that object situated over there upon the counter, would you?

Same phrase, other counties

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  • Yoke-eh-me-bobA placeholder term for an object whose proper name one cannot recall.
  • InicA generic placeholder name for any physical object or thing whose name escapes the…
  • ThingimmyjigA generic placeholder name for an object whose proper title escapes the speaker.
  • YokA generic term for any object, thing, or motor car whose name escapes the speaker.
  • DeallyA gadget, appliance, or unnamed mechanical object; a general substitute noun.