Lexicographical Neighbors of Outjockeyed
Literary usage of Outjockeyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1860)
"Our worthy forefathers could scarcely stir abroad without danger of being
outjockeyed in horseflesh, or taken in in bargaining ; while, in their absence, ..."
2. Outing (1892)
"Cook's great Yale four at Philadelphia, in 1876, practically won from the London
Rowing Club's four, but were outjockeyed on the turn. ..."
3. The Life of Granville George Leveson Gower, Second Earl Granville, K.G by Edmond Fitzmaurice (1905)
"Lord Lincoln not bad. Poor Freddy is dreadfully disappointed by his failure in
the Potteries. He was outjockeyed by Ricardo. I got here on Sunday evening, ..."
4. Reminiscences Chiefly of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement by Thomas Mozley (1882)
"outjockeyed in some way or other by the people on the spot. So now they were
desperate. There arose a wild cry for space, which became louder when it was ..."
5. M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer: A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical by John Ramsay McCulloch, Daniel Haskel (1843)
"... ridden by native jockeys, is by far the most amusing, and the riders jockey
and are outjockeyed in a style that would not disgrace Newmarket. ..."
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