"jocker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-jocker.ogg Forms: jockers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jocker (plural jockers)
  1. (slang) A man who perceives himself as straight and is the aggressive top in a relationship between two men, especially in prison. Tags: slang Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-jocker-en-noun-pGNonH8r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The jocker's sexual behavior can therefore be viewed as situational homosexuality.\n2012, \"Men Behind Bars: Sexual Exploitation in Prison\" By Wayne S. Wooden"
        },
        {
          "text": "More common than the reciprocal and mutually constituted homosexual associations between hoboes were the predatory relationships between older hoboes, or “jockers,” and young initiates, or “punks.”\n2010, Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America By Todd DePastino"
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