English

Alternative forms

• troke

Verb

troak ‎(third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)

1. To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
   • 1885, anonymous, “A REMARKABLE WELL”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Waikato Times:

     The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a cheek upon any trading or fishing within a certain distance of the coast. It does not, however, prohibit the sale of small articles not used in their trade, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, known to the Scottish whalers under the name of "troaking".

   • 1755 May 9, Allan Ramsay, Blyth, The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, page 40:

     For living are obliged to rub thro' to fend by troaking, buying, felling, the profit's aft no worth the telling.

Synonyms

• (barter, trade): swap, swop

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