Jockey

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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