Uneducated young Londoner.
Bloke (or bloak) is London-cant for man, fellow. (Possibly, the word is derived from the Dutch blok, Germ. Block, though, if this is the case, it is difficult to account for the long vowel.)
blooming
»Not a blooming shadow, assured me J.,» so far as she’s concerned. (P. Kelver II. 53. 16.)
A young City clerk.
»I will drift into being a blooming milkman.» (T. T. T. 157. 2.)
Uneducated Londoner.
»I ain’t got a blooming sixpence on me.» (Sketches 128. 11.)
The same.
»Underneath my sneering phiz I’m a blooming ’Arry.» (Novel Notes 204. 10.)