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Definition of "jockeyism" [jock•ey•ism]

  • The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race. (noun)

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Use "jockeyism" in a sentence
  • "Bristed's _Five Years in an English University_, congenial in its setting forth of the Cantab's carnal delights and intellectual jockeyism; _The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman_, wherein one 'Cuthbert Bede, B.A.' has by 'numerous illustrations' of numerous dissipations, given as good an idea as is desirable of the"
  • "Rodney, in spite of his innate gentlemanhood, into more of mere jockeyism than either she or her father liked."
  • "Perhaps jockeyism originated with them, and even racing, at least in England."
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