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joctelegs

joctelegs is the plural of jocteleg.

Meaning of jocteleg

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.

Questions about joctelegs

What is joctelegs the plural of?
Joctelegs is the plural of jocteleg.

Words near joctelegs in the dictionary

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

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