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jocky noun a fire iron with a point at one end and a crook at the other on which a kettle or pot can be hung: ‘Surely, surely, laddie, come on in,’ Daddy told him, taking his wee syrup tin and hanging it in the jocky above the fire. 20-: Compare snottum etymology: perhaps from the personal name; attested by SR, JS and BW note:

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites the form jockey with the same meaning and defines it as ‘a kettle crane, kettle prop’.