Bloke vs Deadman - What's the difference?
bloke | deadman |
(informal) A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street.
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(UK) a man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
An anglophone man.
(Australia) An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
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Australian slang
(obsolete) A corpse
(construction) A long object, often a timber or log, buried to serve as an anchor for a wall or for stays.''
(rail transport) A cutout device with operates in the event of driver incapacity.
As nouns the difference between bloke and deadman
is that bloke is (informal) a man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street while deadman is (obsolete) a corpse.bloke
English
Noun
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- The door flew open, and there was a bloke' with spectacles on his face and all round the spectacles an expression of strained anguish. A ' bloke with a secret sorrow.
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- She messed around with a bloke named Smoky.
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- It was a Cockney bloke' who had never seen a cow till he came inside. Cragg said it took some ' blokes like that, and city fellows are the worse.
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- As her current bloke was turning out better than expected, I didn't see much of her lately.
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- ‘The Bloke'’ is a certain kind of Australian or New Zealand male. ¶ Most of all, the ' Bloke does not whinge.
Synonyms
* See alsoCoordinate terms
* (ordinary man) sheila (New Zealand)Derived terms
* blokey, blokeishReferences
deadman
English
Noun
(deadmen)- ''There is no deadman to be found at Deadman's Curve.
- The building code requires deadmen for retaining walls.