Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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JOCK. Also dim. forms Jockie, Jock(e)y (Sc. 1724 Ramsay T.-T. Misc. (1876) I. 72, 185; Ayr. 1795 Burns Jockey's Taen i., Ags. 1894 F. MacKenzie Cruisie Sk. iii.). Sc. forms of Eng. Jack, John (Sc. 1721 J. Kelly Proverbs 230; Ayr. 1785 Burns Death and Dr Hornbook xiv.; Sc. 1816 Scott Poet. Wks. (1868) 477; Kcb. 1894 Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet xxxvi.; Kcd. 1933 L. G. Gibbon Cloud Howe 97; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Rxb. 1942 Zai). Gen.Sc. The form Jeck from Jack is also gen. (Mry. 1927 E. B. Levack Lossiemouth 39; Per., Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1915–26 Wilson). See also Jock, n.
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