jockteleg

or jok·ta·leg

[ jok-tuh-leg ]

nounBritish Dialect.
  1. a large folding knife or pocketknife; jackknife.

Origin of jockteleg

1
First recorded in 1665–75; originally Scots; first attested as jackteleg, perhaps with Jack, Jock and leg, alluding to knife handles carved in the form of a leg

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