Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD. poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF. poque. Cf. {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.] 1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. ``He drew a dial from his poke.'' --Shak. They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer. 2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}. {To boy a pig a poke} (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.