When card-sharks cheated somebody out of their money they boasted about having ‘poked’ that person. An ‘r’ was added to the term ‘poke’ so that the sharks could refer to what they were doing in front of their victims, who would be none the wiser!
Wakati kadi-papa cheated mtu nje ya fedha zao boasted juu ya kuwa na ‘poked’ kwamba mtu. An ‘r’ alikuwa aliongeza kwa muda ‘poke’ ili hajar inaweza kutaja kufanya nini walikuwa mbele ya waathirika wao, ambao wangekuwa hakuna na hekima!