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  • noun US, slang The female equivalent of a jock.

Etymologies

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jock +‎ -ette

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Examples

  • In total, they told me not much more than I already knew, except that Olympia was twice described as a 'jockette', a word I somehow found repulsive.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • In total, they told me not much more than I already knew, except that Olympia was twice described as a 'jockette', a word I somehow found repulsive.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • "jockette" in the argot of the day to win a season at a major thoroughbred track, Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Mass.

    She Jockeyed Her Way Into a Male Sport 2010

  • When I was a young jockette he was also the doctor for some of the San Diego Chargers.

    Mona Gable: Jocks and Stem Cells Don't Mix 2008

  • Meanwhile, the female jockette fitness instructor served as a perfect example of how the combination of an enormous ego, a strong personality and little knowledge can impress their personal beliefs on the masses.

    TV alert | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • Olympia the jockette had been twenty-three, had come from a 'secure suburban background and had worked as an instructor in a riding-school in Surrey.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • Olympia the jockette had been twenty-three, had come from a 'secure suburban background and had worked as an instructor in a riding-school in Surrey.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • It's lawyers at 10 paces for Ricki-Lee Coulter and her former manager THINGS are getting sticky in the professional split between Nova jockette Ricki-Lee Coulter and her former manager Lauren Brown, with both sides calling in lawyers.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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