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Brewer's: Jockey
is a little Jack (boy). So in Scotch, “Ilka Jeanie has her Jockie.” (See Jack.)
Jockey
(To). To deceive in trade; to cheat; to indulge in sharp practice.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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