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jocko¹

noun jockos

  1. informal A lawn jockey.

jocko²

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A variant of Jacko.

noun jockos · jockoes

  1. archaic A chimpanzee.

Jocko³

proper noun

  1. A name applied to monkeys or apes, especially the Barbary ape. “[A]n’ whin the anlooky brat had thim all in this way whirligiggin’ about the flure, he’d grin an’ he’d chuckle an’ he'd chather, jist fur all the world like Jocko, the monkey, whin he’s played off sum uv his roguery.”

    Similar: Jacko

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@misc{jocko_2026,
  title = {jocko},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jocko},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}