Yoke

n.

Heard in Kilkenny, Offaly, Longford, Sligo, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Armagh, Limerick, Wexford and Westmeath

Any unspecified object, item or contraption; a general placeholder for a thing whose proper name escapes one.

In use

Pass us that yoke on the table.

Posh English

Kindly convey to me that nameless contrivance upon the table.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Yoke-eh-me-bobA placeholder term for an object whose proper name one cannot recall.
  • ThingimmyjigA generic placeholder name for an object whose proper title escapes the speaker.
  • InicA generic placeholder name for any physical object or thing whose name escapes the…
  • YokiebusA universal placeholder name for any gadget, object, or thingymijig whose actual title…
  • HoojaA general term for an unspecified object, gadget or item of interest.
  • WhatchamcallitA placeholder term used when one cannot recall the proper name of an object or gadget.