"toke" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: toke

Filed Under: English, Gambling, Slang

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Groups of UAW members were stationed at several points along the busy road, including directly across from the new casino, a gaming site that some dealers said would be costing them tips—or as they call them tokes—in coming months. “About 80 percent of what I make comes from tokes,” said Billy Shea, a Foxwoods dealer for 16 years. “By splitting the tokes, dealers will be making less. And all the casino’s done is pay lip service to our concerns.”

Article or Document Title:
“Foxwoods dealers picket on Route 2” (URL)

Author:
John Penney

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Norwich Bulletin

Publishing Location:
Connecticut

Date of Publication:
May 18, 2008

This catchword has yet to be researched.

Posted 22 May 08 | Permalink | Tell a Friend

Comments:

A “toke” is also slang for taling a drag off of a marijuana cigarette. Um … or so they tell me.
by John 23 May 08, 0142 GMT

toke = hitting a joint, aka spliff, etc., circa mid 1960’s, usa, also referenced in a song by brewer and shipley, “ one toke over the line “.
by jim e 23 May 08, 1128 GMT

Let me just say to you both: no shit. That’s a different meaning of toke not referenced here. It’s a meaning of toke that’s in every slang dictionary and every mainstream American dictionary. So what’s the relevance here? None whatsoever. Why bring it up?
by Grant Barrett 24 May 08, 0231 GMT

excuuuuuse me, grant, i read lotsa stuff from other countries i never knew, are you so incredibly sure that our u.s. slang is so well known?
“ no shit “
crawl off yer high horse, n go hit a doob, budro, ya got issues......

by jim e 24 May 08, 0307 GMT

Jim, sorry, yes. The international visitors indeed may not know. It was late and I grow weary of drive-by commenters who drop obvious unrelated comments into places where they don’t belong.
by Grant Barrett 24 May 08, 1129 GMT

It was a joke… just my way of saying “hi!” Great site, by the way … I’ll probably be posting from time to time when newer catchphrases hit the real estate scene. I like sharing the older but more esoteric ones too. In the real world I’m always surprised when I’m working and encounter a real property professional who doesn’t know what the “churn” is, for example. Yo guys have a cool site, and my apologies if I disrupted the protocal…
by John 24 May 08, 1130 GMT