jockteleg

jockteleg
/jok"teuh leg'/, n. Brit. Dial.
a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
Also, joktaleg.
[1665-75; orig. Scots; first attested as jackteleg, perh. with JACK, JOCK and LEG, alluding to knife handles carved in the form of a leg]

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