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 Jocelin de Brakelonda,Jockey (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jockey
 
is a little Jack (boy). So in Scotch, “Ilka Jeanie has her Jockie.” (See JACK.)   1
   All fellows, Jockey and the laird (man and master). (Scotch proverb.)   2
 


 Jocelin de Brakelonda,Jockey (To). 

 
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