joskin
/ˈd͡ʒɑs.kɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "— ‘But look at him,’ groaned Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Will any coach—’ — ‘I don’t mean that he thould go in the comic livery,’ said Sleary. ‘Thay the word, and I’ll make a Jothkin of him, out of the wardrobe, in five minutes.’ — ‘I don’t understand,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. — ‘A Jothkin—a Carter. Make up your mind quick, Thquire. There’ll be beer to feth. I’ve never met with nothing but beer ath’ll ever clean a comic blackamoor.’"
- "A Joskin's Vocabulary Of the various Slang Words now in constant use; the whole being a Moving Picture of all the New Moves and Artful Dodges practised at the present day"
- "it was something about the Screen Extras Guild requiring that if you do a picture that costs a certain amount of money, you have to have at least four extra speaking parts. So we wrote in this scene with these four old joskins dressed as damn cowboys."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɑs.kɪn/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɒs.kɪn/
Usage
- British usage