JOCKEY

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A professional rider of horses in races. Addison.

2.
n.

A dealer in horses; a horse trader. Macaulay.

3.
n.

A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.

4.
v.

" To jostle by riding against one." Johnson.

5.
v.

To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.

6.
v.

To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

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