jockteleg
/jok-tuh-leg/US // ˈdʒɒk təˌlɛg //
长途电话
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
British Dialect.
- : a large folding knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
Examples
The hunchback, nothing loath, produced an evil-looking jockteleg, and hastened to his master's assistance.
I had a cutlass, a jockteleg (or smuggler's sheaf-knife), and a pair of brass-mounted pistols ready swung in my leathern belt.
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