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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1705-1706

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¶JODOCUS, n. Sport, game, jest.Sc. a.1706 J. Watson Choice Coll. i. 70:
So well's I cou'd play Hocus Pocus, And of the Servants mack Jodocus.

[A nonce fanciful formation, phs. based on Lat. iocus, a jest, joke, and Docus.]

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