stoke up v.
to eat.
![]() | Troddles 47: To my mind, Troddles stoked-up on bread-and-butter pudding to such an extent that I wondered how on earth he could... expect to... drag himself about... after it [F&H]. | |
![]() | Greenmantle (1930) 291: I laid in some stores, for I guessed you would want to stoke up some after your travels. | |
![]() | (con. c.1918) My Grandmothers and I (1987) 53: I should stoke up if I was you. Sure you wouldn’t like a macaroon? | |
![]() | Solid Mandala (1976) 90: Aren’t yer stoking up? |