Hock

subs. (American).—1.  The last card in the dealer’s box at faro. [From SODA (q.v.) TO HOCK = from beginning to end.

  2.  In pl. (common).—The feet. CURBY HOCKS = clumsy feet. For synonyms, see CREEPERS. [From the stable.]

  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. HOCKS. … You have left the marks of your dirty HOCKS on my clean stairs.

  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.

  OLD HOCK, subs. phr. (common).—Stale beer; SWIPES (q.v.). See HOCKEY.

  IN HOCK, adv. phr. (general).—Laid by the heels; fleeced; BESTED (q.v.); and (thieves’), in prison.

  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon. ‘If the cove should be caught IN THE HOCK he won’t snickle,’ if the fellow should be caught in the act, he would not tell.