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Meaning of jocteleg | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Pocketknife.

Scotland, UK, dialectal

Examples

“1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 1, p.41. 'O you ugly witch! show your elrich face from behint the hangings there, an' I'll score you aboon the breath wi' a jocteleg.'”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Jocular jocularism Jocularity Jocularly jocularness joculator