Joskin

— ‘But look at him,’ groaned Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Will any coach—’ — ‘I don’t mean that he thould go in the comic livery,’ said Sleary. ‘Thay the word, and I’ll make a Jothkin of him, out of the wardrobe, in five minutes.’ — ‘I don’t understand,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. — ‘A Jothkin—a Carter. Make up your mind quick, Thquire. There’ll be beer to feth. I’ve never met with nothing but beer ath’ll ever clean a comic blackamoor.’

A Joskin's Vocabulary Of the various Slang Words now in constant use; the whole being a Moving Picture of all the New Moves and Artful Dodges practised at the present day

it was something about the Screen Extras Guild requiring that if you do a picture that costs a certain amount of money, you have to have at least four extra speaking parts. So we wrote in this scene with these four old joskins dressed as damn cowboys.