Monday, June 2, 2014

toque, toke

Toque or toque means a small hat with no brim--
She wore a black velvet toque studded with rhinestones.
Canadians may wear a toque in the cold weather.
Toque also means the white hat worn by a chef--
The chef kept a picture of himself, taken the first time he ever put on his toque.
He wants to wear checked pants and a toque.

Toke or toke ( rhymes with toque ) means a drag or puff on a joint or marijuana cigarette--
"Sittin' downtown in a railway station, one toke over the line..."
He felt funny after one toke, and wondered what they were smoking.
Toke also means a tip or bribe given to a casino employee by a gambler--
You'll get a seat at the table if you toke the dealer a fifty.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"When they saw his toque with the marijuana leaf on it, they offered him a toke, and he arrested them."

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