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Definition of Jockeyed
1. jockey [v] - See also: jockey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jockeyed
Literary usage of Jockeyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"The Star Culminates.—Native Taste for Swindling.—A Shrewd but Graceless Oxonian.—Duns
Outwitted.—The Lawyer jockeyed.—Adventures with Bailiffs. ..."
2. Life and Correspondence of John A. Quitman: Major-general, U.S.A., and by John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1860)
"—jockeyed out of his Horse. — Feelings on the Road. —Embarks at Louisville.—Arrives
at Natchez.—llls first Letter. —Low State of his Finances.—Philosophy. ..."
3. The Conquest of the Great Northwest by Agnes Christina Laut (1908)
"... ARE jockeyed OUT OF ASTORIA —FRASER FINDS HIS WAY TO THE SEA BY ANOTHER GREAT
RIVER. E' us follow Thompson first. He had joined the Nor'Westers just ..."
4. The History of Catholic Emancipation and the Progress of the Catholic Church by William Joseph Amherst (1886)
"... Hotel—The meeting at St. Alban's Tavern—The bishops "jockeyed"—Objections to
the fifth resolution—Grattan and Lord Donoughmore unsuccessful—Reflections ..."
5. The Wits and Beaus of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton, Justin Huntly McCarthy (1890)
"The Lawyer jockeyed.—Adventures with Bailiffs.—Sheridan's Powers of Persuasion.—House
of Commons Greek.— Curious Mimicry.—The Royal Boon Company. ..."
6. The Story of Russia and the Far East, Being a Series of Papers Contributed by Shanghai mercury (1902)
"HOW RUSSIA jockeyed JAPAN. WE have now really come down to the history of our
own times, but to understand Russian connection with Japan, ..."
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