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A large pocket-knife. [Scots.] An' gif the custoc's sweet or sour, Wi' joctelegs they taste them. Burns, Halloween.

Each man ran his hand down his side to the loaded whip or jockteleg (the smuggler's sheath-knife) which he carried with him But no man was in haste to open the door. — Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
The hunchback, nothing loath, produced an evil-looking jockteleg, and hastened to his master's assistance. — Border Ghost Stories
Ye'll maybe get a bit dab frae the neb o 'a jockteleg [point of a sheath-knife] that will yeuk [tickle] ye for a day or twa gin ye dinna learn an' that speedily, as Maister Welsh wad say, to keep yer Han's aff my faither's dochter. " — The Lilac Sunbonnet
Each man ran his hand down his side to the loaded whip or jockteleg (the smuggler's sheath-knife) which he carried with him. — Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895