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Pockspfeiffer (m)

(with) definite article: der
plural: = singular; (with) definite article: die
(the) he-goat player(s)
Bockpfeifer

Name encountered ca. 1780-1800 in the Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz), mainly in Pfleggericht [Foster court?] Vohburg [W of Ingolstadt].

Sources

Balling, Georg: Zur Geschichte der Sackpfeife in Bayern. In: Der Dudelsack in Europa, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Bayerns (1996), p.9.