jockeyship
English
Etymology
jockey + -ship
Noun
jockeyship (usually uncountable, plural jockeyships)
- The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
- a. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Resignation
- Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship.
- 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], OCLC 1029672464:
- Where can at last his jockeyship retire?
- a. 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Resignation
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for jockeyship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)