Meanings
nounjocteleg (plural joctelegs)
plural joctelegs · alternative jockteleg
- ScotlandUKdialectalPocketknife.
1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.41. 'O you ugly witch! show your elrich face from behint the hangings there, an' I'll score you aboon the breath wi' a jocteleg.'
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