subs. (American).—1. A term of contempt: cf. PUKER (Shrewsbury) = a good-for-nothing.
1847. ROBB, Streaks of Squatter Life, 152. Captain and all hands are a set of cowardly PUKES.
2. (American).—An inhabitant of the State of Missouri (Century Dictionary).
Verb. (old).—To vomit: still in use at Winchester.—B. E. (c. 1696).
1600. SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It, ii. 7.
| The infant | |
| Mewling and PUKING in the nurse’s arms. |
1734. POPE, Satires of Donne, iv. 153.
| As one of Woodward’s patients, sick and sore, | |
| I PUKE, I nauseate. |
1893. MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, 78. People PUKE at the shams till they think the originals ain’t no great shakes.
