Poke borack

[…]and say, “Come on, Towball old boy, you′re old ′partment′s a waitin′ for you, sheets aired, and everything right.” Oh! he′s a awful cove for to poke borack at a feller, that old O'Neil.

The Thames people have earned among the members of the House of Representatives a reputation of the champion cadgers of New Zealand, and it was too bad of their member, who knows it very well, to poke "borak" at them in that unfeeling way.

One toff, who fancied himself, still kept poking borack; but Steve stopped his chyacking pretty quick, for he hauled off and let him have it.

‘Well, sir,’ replied Peter, rather sheepishly, ‘you see, they′re always a-poking borack an′ a-chiackin′ o′ me over in the hut because I′ve never seed nothin′.[…]’

Mr. Brown, a member of the deputation, stated that when a driver was in difficulties with his horse, drivers of traction engines, instead of helping, started "giggling and poking borak at us !"