jocteleg
English
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editjocteleg (plural joctelegs)
- (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Pocketknife.
- 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.'
- 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.41.