foki

staff

Noun

  1. staff
    • One of them took him by the queue and tied him to his fokis, while the other pointed a revolver at him and told him to keep quiet. - 1894 November 28, “The Winglok Street Outrage”, in Hongkong Telegraph, page 2:
    • FOR impersonating an emigrant before the Harbour Master, a foki in an immigration boarding-house at 291 Des Vœux Road, West, was to-day fined $100 and the accountant, and another foki for aiding and abetting, $50 and...
    • Something resembling a free fight occurred in Wing Lok Street last evening between the fokis employed at Nos 156 and 160. - 1905 August 30, “Fokis Fight”, in China Mail, page 4:

Origin

From Cantonese 夥記 /伙记 (fo² gei³). Compare Chinese Pidgin English foki or fookee.

Forms

fokis