<P> The word jockstrap has purportedly been in use at least since 1891, a likely contraction of "jockey strap", as the garment was first designed for bicycle - riding messengers and deliverymen, or' bike jockeys' . The Bike Jockey Strap was the first jockstrap manufactured in America in 1874 . </P> <P> Jockey meaning' rider', primarily a race horse rider, has been in use since 1670 . Jockey itself is the diminutive form of the Scots nickname Jock (for John) as Jackie is for the English nickname Jack . The nicknames Jack and Jackie, Jock and Jockey have been used generically for' man, fellow, boy, common man' . From the period c. 1650 - c. 1850,' jock' was used as slang for penis . </P> <P> The more recent American slang term' jock', meaning an athlete, is traced to 1959 and is itself derived from' jockstrap' . </P> <P> The jockstrap was invented in 1874 by C.F. Bennett of a Chicago sporting goods company, Sharp & Smith, to provide comfort and support for bicycle jockeys working the cobblestone streets of Boston . In 1897 Bennett's newly formed Bike Web Company patented and began mass - producing the Bike Jockey Strap . The Bike Web Company later became known as the Bike Company . Bike was, until 2016, a leading producer of jockstraps . In that year, the company and its trademarks were purchased by Russell Athletic . </P>

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