Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1851

Mocker

By G. F. G. (Edinburgh)

In some of the provincial dialects of England, and in the Scotch of the lowlands of Scotland, there are a good many Dutch words. *Moker*, in Dutch, means *a large hammer*. This is probably the word used by the old cottager of Pembridge, and spelt *Mocker* by W.M.

Topics: Provincial Dialects, Dutch Language

Locations: England, Scotland, Pembridge