WORD OF THE DAY: JOBLIJOCK

JOBLIJOCK
 
NOUN
1. anything tending to interfere with domestic comfort or peace, as a scolding wife, a smoking chimney, etc.; domestic trouble or discomfort ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.
2. a turkey-cock ...Bk1912 Eng. dial.
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ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin
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FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1868 - Joblijock, sb. Anything tending to interfere with domestic comfort or peace; e.g. a smoking chimney, a scolding wife, &c.
From: A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: explanatory, derivative, and critical
- John Christopher Atkinson