jockern.
/ˈdʒɒkə/ North American slang.
1. A tramp who is accompanied by a youth who begs for him or acts as his catamite.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > accompanied by a youth
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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 N. Anderson Hobo vii. 101 Gonsil, youth not yet adopted by jocker.
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.
1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route xiv. 161 Whenever a man travels around with a lad he is apt to be labeled a ‘jocker’ or a ‘wolf’.
2. A homosexual man.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male
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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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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