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Originally Posted by Mike P
My uncle told me the origin of the term "Jamoke".
It was the name of a race horse back in the 40s or 50s. It ran at Narragansett Park and Suffolk Downs, and apparently was one step away from the glue factory. It became a term applied to a mopey kinda guy--"he's a real Jamoke"  |
i heard the same thing from my uncle too, he used to go the tracks.