Meaning & use
troke
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To barter, trade, or have dealings with someone, especially in a casual or informal exchange.
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The villagers would troke goods with traveling merchants each autumn.
He preferred not to troke with strangers who came asking for favors.
A note on using this word
A chiefly Scottish and Northern English dialect word, now rare outside regional or historical usage.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An informal exchange, dealing, or transaction.
They settled the matter through a quiet troke of favors.
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