OED2's entry for "bloke" [excerpt]:[Origin unknown: Ogilvie compares Gypsy and Hind. loke a man.] a. Man, fellow. 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 397 (Hoppe) If we met an old bloke we propped him. 1862 Kingsley in Macm. Mag. Dec. 96 Little better tha...
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