Jockey

n.

Heard in Dublin and Cork

A slang term for a member of the Garda Síochána who patrols on a motorcycle.

All the jockeys have those powerful 500cc machines now.

Posh English

All the motorcycling constables are equipped with five-hundred cubic centimetre machines nowadays.

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork

Related terms

• Jaysus, I'm so hungry I'd eat the horse and run after the jockeyExtremely hungry; ravenous to an absurd degree.
• Knob jockeyA stupid or annoying person.
• Nob jockeyAn insulting term for a foolish or obnoxious person.
• Blue bottleA member of the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force.
• SpeedcopA Garda on a motorcycle.
• PeelersMembers of the Garda Síochána; the police.