# What is the name of the lawn jockey?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955 "2007-04-28T14:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/1 "2007-04-28T14:18:44Z")

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I see these lawn jockeys all over the place, in both the black and white versions. (There is no accounting for taste.) There is a specific name for them, like Mike or James. I used to know it, but can’t remember it, nor find it now. I don’t think it’s Jocko, either.

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/2 "2007-04-28T14:50:21Z")

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[Jocko](http://www.mountainhomeplace.com/jocko.htm) seems to be [it.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_jockey)

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/3 "2007-04-28T14:50:31Z")

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Apparently, it is [Jocko](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_jockey).

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**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/4 "2007-04-28T20:18:32Z")

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Ok, I concede. Still doesn’t seem quite right, but how can I fight wiki?

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/5 "2007-04-29T01:00:43Z")

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[QUOTE=dahfisheroo]  
Ok, I concede. Still doesn’t seem quite right, but how can I fight wiki?  
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By editing the entry, of course!

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/6 "2007-04-29T01:45:27Z")

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Wiki has been known to fight back.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-the-lawn-jockey/401955/7 "2007-04-29T07:26:30Z")

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[QUOTE=dahfisheroo]  
Still doesn’t **seem** quite right…  
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Hey, we’re fighting ignorance here.