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Jon78 Posted 17 years ago
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Sentence meaning questions in novel

Hi, Could you let me know what the following means?

1. That's ths greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometimes
2. I never have gotten over that.
3. He can put about anyone out when he sets his head to it.
4. His ring, which he had rolled a drunk senior to get, was back on his fnger.

From "The outsiders"

5. That's the greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometimes
  

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Hi, Could you let me know what the following means? 1. That's ths greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometimes A 'greaser' is a very derogatory term for a person of Mexican origin.

  • Hi, Could you let me know what the following means?
  • 1.
  • That's ths greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometimes A 'greaser' is a very derogatory term for a person of Mexican origin.
  • A jockey rides a horse in a race, but more context is needed to see if that is the meaning here.
  • 2.
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Hi,

Could you let me know what the following means?

1. That's ths greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometimes

A 'greaser' is a very derogatory term for a person of Mexican origin.

A jockey rides a horse in a race, but more context is needed to see if that is the meaning here.

2. I never have gotten over that.

'To
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Clive - you are providing answers to a story you have apparently never read! In The Outsiders, a greaser is the name of a kid who lives on the poor, east side of town, in the very "white" midwestern city where they live. Ponyboy and his friends are all "greasers," and they fight with the "socs" (a.k.a. "socials") who are the rich kids living on the west side.

"Dally jockeys for th
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Could possibly mean that he is a disc jockey at a local radio station "Slash J."
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The slash J in Piedmont South Dakota was founded by a friend of mine his livestock brand was the /J when he quit ranching he used that brand for the name of his bar ! This happened about 1975
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Who said? “That’s the greaser that jockeys for the Slash J Sometimes,

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