Woking
name, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of wok form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
- 1 A town in the borough of Woking, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0058).
- 2 A local government district with borough status in Surrey, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
- 3 A hamlet in Saddle Hills County, Alberta, Canada.
Example
More examples"I sent wires from Woking station to every evening paper in London. This advertisement will appear in each of them."
Etymology
From the Old English tribe name *Woc(c)ingas, from the personal name *Woc(c)a + -ingas (“relating to”).