jocker N. Amer. slang.
(ˈdʒɒkə(r))
[f. jock3 + -er1.]
a. A tramp who is accompanied by a youth who begs for him or acts as his catamite. b. A male homosexual.
| 1893 ‘J. Flynt’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 107/2 Subject to the whims and passions of various ‘jockers’, or protectors. 1913 ‘A No. 1’ Trail of Tramps 72 A simple-faced chap..played the deaf and dumb game, for which purpose his jocker had forced him to learn the sign language. 1923 [see gunsel 1]. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route iii. 34 While it is true that the punk serves the jocker..it is not accurate to call this exploitation. Ibid. xiv. 161 Whenever a man travels around with a lad he is apt to be labeled a ‘jocker’ or a ‘wolf’. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 64/2 Jocker, one who practices sodomy (ockerjay). 1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 111/1 Jocker, an active pederast. 1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 156 Jocker is synonymous with wolf: his role in prison parodies the husband's relationship in a marriage. 1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) iv. 54 Roxie hustles the guys who want a queen, and the kid goes after the ones who want a jocker. This jocker would probably become a queen himself. |