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hock
verb- to pawn US, 1878
- And even when the old firm’s going a bit unsteady morries never hock their gold kettles [pocket watches][.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 21, 1962
- They were hungry. I dunno. They didn’t want to hock the Host, they wanted to hock that golden chalice. — The Bad Lieutenant, 1992
- to clear the throat of phlegm US, 1992
From a confusion with conventional “hawk”. - He hocked such a huge looie that I had a spiderweb of saliva running from my dark glasses onto my hair. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 340, 1995
- to nag US
From the Yiddish. - She hocks me nice. But it’s still hocking. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 18, 1961
- Stop already hocking us to be good! hocking us to be nice! Just leave us alone. — Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, p. 136, 1969
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