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. ETYMOLOGY of unknown origin 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
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