Lexicographical Neighbors of Jockos
Literary usage of Jockos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature by Thomas Henry Huxley (1873)
"After quoting the account of the great Pongo, Buffon justly remarks, that all
the ' jockos ' and £ Orangs ' hitherto brought to Europe were young ; and he ..."
2. Select Works of Thomas H. Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley (1886)
"... Buffon justly remarks that all the " jockos" and " O rangs" hitherto brought
to Europe were young ; and he suggests that, in their adult condition, ..."
3. Man's place in nature: and other anthropological essays by Thomas Henry Huxley (1919)
"After quoting the account of the great Pongo, Buffon justly remarks, that all
the " jockos " and " Orangs " hitherto brought to Europe were young; ..."
4. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1826)
"... and in the Malay language they distinguish only two species of apes without
tails, which Buffon has classed under the titles pongos and jockos. ..."
5. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"Ul (jockos-foot or orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata).—Grown for hay and pasture
on all soils; very productive and good quality. ..."
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