Meaning of Jockey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who rides racehorses competitively.
2. That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
3. An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
   in-compounds
4. A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
   dated
5. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
   dated
6. A prostitute's client.
   UK, slang
7. A rapist.
   Ireland, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“And the crime for which Nuncomar was about to die was regarded by them in much the same light in which the selling of an unsound horse, for a sound price, is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey.”

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