quockerwodger

== English == === Etymology === Origin unknown, possibly a nonce word. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒkəˌwɒd͡ʒə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɑkəɹˌwɑd͡ʒəɹ/ Hyphenation: quock‧er‧wod‧ger === Noun === quockerwodger (plural quockerwodgers) Synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”). (figurative, slang) A person whose actions are controlled by someone else; a puppet. Synonyms: monkey, tool ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== âme damnée === Further reading === jumping jack (toy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [John Camden Hotten] (1860), “QUOCKERWODGER”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], 2nd edition, London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC, page 197. John S[tephen] Farmer, W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, editors (1902), “Quockerwodger, subs.”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present […], volume V, [London]: Printed for subscribers only, →OCLC, page 354, column 1.