jocteleg

English

Noun

jocteleg (plural joctelegs)

1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Pocketknife.
   • 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.'

Alternative forms

• jockteleg