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单词 jockteleg
释义

jockteleg

or jok·ta·leg

[ jok-tuh-leg ]
/ ˈdʒɒk təˌlɛg /

noun British Dialect.

a large folding knife or pocketknife; jackknife.

Origin of jockteleg

First recorded in 1665–75; originally Scots; first attested as jackteleg, perhaps with Jack, Jock and leg, alluding to knife handles carved in the form of a leg

Words nearby jockteleg

Jockey shorts, jock itch, jocko, Jock Scot, jockstrap, jockteleg, jocose, jocosity, jocular, jocularity, jocund
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Example sentences from the Web for jockteleg

  • I had a cutlass, a jockteleg (or smuggler's sheaf-knife), and a pair of brass-mounted pistols ready swung in my leathern belt.

    Tales of Our Coast|S. R. Crockett
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