10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «JOCKTELEG»
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The English dialect dictionary
JOCKTELEG, sb. Sc. Also in forms jock-tae-leg Gall.; jocktaleg, joktaleg. 1. A
folding or clasp knife; a large pocket-knife. See Jackalegs. Sc. Do the folk think I
hae another thrapple in my pouch after John Highlandman's snecked this ane wi'
his ...
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A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement & Present State of ...
In the old Scottish dialect, a clasp-knife was called a jockteleg, this barbarism
being a corruption of Jacques de Liege, according to tradition a famous cutler in
the Netherlands, whose knives were the first of this sort known in Scotland. Burns
, in ...
John Holland, Robert Hunt, 1853
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A treatise on the progressive improvement and present state ...
In the old Scottish dialect, a clasp-knife was called a jockteleg, this barbarism
being a corruption of Jacques de Liege, according to tradition a famous cutler in
the Netherlands, whose knives were the first of this sort known in Scotland. Burns
, in ...
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
wa, and buy me a jockteleg; and gin 7c byde, I'll gang to the bougars of the house
, and tak a caber, and reesle your riggin wi't." " Jockteleg, a folding knife. The
etymology of this word remained unknown till not many years ago, that an old
knife ...
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
S. JOCKTELEG,*. A folding knife, S.; jocktalegs, A. Bor. An' gif the custoc's sweet
or sour, Wi" jocktelegt they taste them. — Burnt, iii. 127. Tradition ascribes to Ja.
VI. a display of his vernacular language, that, in all its circumstances, is not very ...
Yes, yes, my dear sir, — I comprehend you — I Shepherd (in anger and
astonishment). Mr Tickler, are you mad? — fingerin your fingers in that gate, — as
if you were mockin him ! 1 Rax— reach. 2 Jockteleg — a folding-knife. 3 For
Thurtell ...
John Wilson, James Frederick Ferrier, James Hogg, 1827
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
ler. rm, and buy me a jockteleg; and gin' ye byde, I'll gang to the bougars of the
house, and tuk a caber, and reesle your riggin wi't.” “ Jockteleg, a folding knife.
The etymology of this wor'd remained unknown till not many years ago, that an
old ...
583, L 626. J. Jack-a-legs, a North Eng. word for a clasp knife, Scottish jockteleg.
This curious word is, according to Jamie- son, a corruption of Jacques de Liege,
the name of a celebrated cutler, by whom this kind of knife was originally made.
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The London and Paris Observer: Or Chronicle of Literature, ...
The word “ Jockteleg,” which is still Scotch for a clasp-knife, was of unknown
etymology till a knife was found with the inscription, “ Jacques dc Liege,” who was
afamous cutler, and supplied Scotland with clasp knives. It is said of James Vl.,
that ...
He may be the Bran who was great-grandson of Coel 'the Old', ruler of Kyle (the
district around Ayr and Kilmarnock) in the fifth cen- tury.,• JOCKTELEli 'LARGE
KNIFE' IN BURNS AND SCOTT The origin of Scots jockteleg Marge clasp knife' is
...
