English Explanatory Dictionary

jockteleg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A folding knife.

Word forms

jockteleg jocktelegs

Etymology

Originally Scots; first attested as jackteleg, perhaps with Jack, Jock and leg, alluding to knife handles carved in the form of a leg.

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