Toke

Toke
This interesting and most unusual English surname is of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origin. It derives from the Old Swedish personal name "Tuke", itself claimed to be short form of "Thorkettill" translating as "Thors cauldron", although some say the deriavtion is from "Tiodgeir", meaning "people-spear". Spellings of the surname in the modern idiom include Tooke, Tuck, Toke, and Tuke, as well as Tookey and Tuckey. The personal name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Toc" in Yorkshire, while Rogerus filius Toke is mentioned in the Curia Rolls of Northampton in 1214. The surname itself is first recorded in the mid 12th Century (see below). Early examples of the surname include Robert Toke in the Pipe Rolls of Suffolk in 1200; William Toke, in the Curia Rolls of Northamptonshire in 1211; and Wylliam Took, in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk in 1524. John Horne Tooke (1736 - 1812) was a notable politician and philologist in his day. Mary Took married Constantine Vernatti on March 25th 1678, at Tottenham, in London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Wrange Tocha, which was dated 1166, in the "Pipe Rolls of Norfolk", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • toke — [təuk US touk] v [I and T] informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from Spanish toque hit, blow , from tocar to touch ] to breathe in the smoke from a ↑marijuana cigarette >toke n …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • toke — (n.) 1968, inhalation of a marijuana cigarette or pipe smoke, U.S. slang, from earlier verb meaning to smoke a marijuana cigarette (1952), perhaps from Sp. tocar in sense of touch, tap, hit or get a shave or part. In 19c. the same word in British …   Etymology dictionary

  • toke — tȍke ž mn <G tókā> DEFINICIJA metalne ploče i drugi ukrasi prišiveni na prednjem dijelu narodne svečane nošnje, nekoć služile i kao oklop ETIMOLOGIJA vidi tok …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • toke — ☆ ☆ toke [tōk] n. [? < TOKEN ] Slang a puff on a cigarette, esp. one of marijuana or hashish vi. toked, toking Slang to take such a puff toker n …   English World dictionary

  • Toke — Vorlage:Infobox Insel/Wartung/Höhe fehlt Toke (Taka) NASA Bild von Toke (unten, oben Utirik) Gewässer Pazifischer Ozean …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • toke — [tok] 1. n. a puff of marijuana smoke. (Drugs.) □ After a big toke, he settled back to drift. □ Harry took a big toke and sighed. 2. tv. & in. to puff a marijuana igarette. (Drugs.) □ He sat on a stone to toke one before bean time …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • toke — UK [təʊk] / US [toʊk] noun [countable] Word forms toke : singular toke plural tokes informal an act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette or pipe containing cannabis Derived word: toke UK / US verb intransitive/transitive Word forms toke :… …   English dictionary

  • Toke — Imagen de el Atolón Toke (abajo del Atolón Utirik, imagen tomada por la NASA. Toke es un pequeño atolón deshabitado en la región de las Islas Marshall. Está compuesto de muchas islas deshabitadas. Su nombre en Idioma marshalés es Toke. Esta… …   Wikipedia Español

  • toke — 1. noun /təʊk/ a) A gratuity. I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed. b) A puff of marijuana. The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along. 2. verb /təʊk/ …   Wiktionary

  • Toke — 11°56′N 170°10′E / 11.933, 170.167 Toke est un atoll inhabité des Marshall. Toke est composé de 6 îlots formant un total de 0 …   Wikipédia en Français

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