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jocteleg

jocteleg noun: pocketknife.

Noun

jocteleg (plural joctelegs)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Pocketknife.
    • 'O you ugly witch! show your elrich face from behint the hangings there, an' I'll score you aboon the breath wi' a jocteleg.'1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.41.

Forms of jocteleg

pluraljoctelegs
alternative formjockteleg

Questions about jocteleg

What does jocteleg mean?
Jocteleg means pocketknife.
What part of speech is jocteleg?
Jocteleg is a noun.
What is the plural of jocteleg?
The plural of jocteleg is joctelegs.

Words near jocteleg in the dictionary

  1. jocotes
  2. JOCSM
  3. JOCSMs
  4. Jocson
  5. Jocsons
  6. jocteleg
  7. joctelegs
  8. jocular
  9. jocularism
  10. jocularisms
  11. jocularities

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