bloke

kaveri, jätkä puhekieltä A man, a fellow; an ordinary man, a man on the street. (defdate)
1930, w:P. G. Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse, w:Very Good, Jeeves|Very Good, Jeeves, 2006, Overlook Press, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WlQqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22bloke%22 %22blokes%22+-intitle:%22bloke|blokes%22&dq=%22bloke%22|%22blokes%22+-intitle:%22bloke|blokes%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M0XzTvT5AouOmQWzifm8Ag&redir_esc=y page 235,

The door flew open, and there was a bloke with spectacles on his face and all round the spectacles an expression of strained anguish. A bloke with a secret sorrow.

She messed around with a bloke named Smoky.

It was a Cockney bloke who had never seen a cow till he came inside. Cragg said it took some blokes like that, and city fellows are the worse.

As her current bloke was turning out better than expected, I didn't see much of her lately.

‘The Bloke’ is a certain kind of Australian or New Zealand male. (..) The Classic Bloke is not a voluble beast. His speech patterns are best described as infrequent but colorful. (..) ¶ The Bloke is pragmatic rather than classy. (..) ¶ Most of all, the Bloke does not whinge.