poke bonnet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poke bonnet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for poke bonnet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poke bonnet n a hat tied under the chin Synonym(s): bonnet, poke bonnet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poke \Poke\, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. --Ld. Lytton. 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. 3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.] {Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.