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Also of note is the reference in Captain [[Joshua Slocum]]'s ''Voyage of the Liberdade'',<ref>Slocum, Captain Joshua. ''Voyage of the Liberdade''. New York: Dover Publications, 1998.</ref> where the term refers to a native of the Bahamas.
The term appears in the song "[[Wot Cher! Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road]]" (1891).
J. R. R. Tolkien uses the word in the poem "Perry the Winkle;" e.g., "then all the people went with a will, by pony, cart, or moke".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tolkien |first=J. R. R. |title=Perry Guiños (poem, with Spanish translation) |url=https://uan.nu/dti/perry1.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=uan.nu}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason="Autonomous University of Númenor" is a Spanish language Tolkien related blog (albeit a very interesting one).|date=October 2022}}
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* [[wiktionary:moke#English|Moke, definition on Wiktionary]]
* [[wiktionary:mook|Mook, definition on Wiktionary]]
* [[Mini Moke]],
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