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jockteleg
or jok·ta·leg
[ jok-tuh-leg ]
noun
, British Dialect.
- a large folding knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jockteleg1
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Example Sentences
The hunchback, nothing loath, produced an evil-looking jockteleg, and hastened to his master's assistance.
From Project Gutenberg
I had a cutlass, a jockteleg (or smuggler's sheaf-knife), and a pair of brass-mounted pistols ready swung in my leathern belt.
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