joskin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of joskin
1805–15; perhaps blend of bumpkin 1 and dial. joss to jostle, bump
Example Sentences
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Suiting his words to action the joskin advanced and trod on the end of the monkey’s tail.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
So he strolled on wi'out dread or fear Of Squoire or Parson, or County Peer, For the spouting M.P. and the Liberal Van Had made of the shock-headed joskin a Man!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891 by Various
It did not matter much to the condemned joskin that he was trundled about the town for two hours after they had returned, and finally deposited under the settle of an inn.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
So the big-hearted joskin handed his big tobacco-box to the monkey.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
The file kidded the joskin with sham books, and his pall capped; the deep one cheated the countryman with false cards, and his confederate assisted in the fraud.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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