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jockeyship

jockeyship noun: the art, character, or state, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.

Noun

jockeyship (usually uncountable, plural jockeyships)

  1. (usually) The art, character, or state, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
    • Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship.a. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Resignation
    • Where can at last his jockeyship retire?1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC

Forms of jockeyship

pluraljockeyships

Origin of jockeyship

From jockey + -ship.

Questions about jockeyship

What does jockeyship mean?
Jockeyship means the art, character, or state, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
What part of speech is jockeyship?
Jockeyship is a noun.
What is the plural of jockeyship?
The plural of jockeyship is jockeyships.

Words near jockeyship in the dictionary

  1. jockeyism
  2. jockeyisms
  3. jockeylike
  4. jockeys
  5. jockeys for position
  6. jockeyship
  7. jockeyships
  8. jockies
  9. jocking
  10. jocking off
  11. jockish

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