| 单词 | jiggery-pokery |
| 释义 | jiggery-pokery[ jig-uh-ree-poh-kuh-ree ] / ˈdʒɪg ə riˈpoʊ kə ri / noun Chiefly British.trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug. sly, underhanded action. manipulation: After a little jiggery-pokery, the engine started. Origin of jiggery-pokery1890–95; alteration of joukery-pawkery.See jouk, pawky, -ery Words nearby jiggery-pokeryjig back, jigger, jiggered, jiggermast, jiggers, jiggery-pokery, jiggle, jiggly, jiggy, jig is up, jigsaw Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jiggery-pokery
British Dictionary definitions for jiggery-pokeryjiggery-pokery / (ˈdʒɪɡərɪˈpəʊkərɪ) / nouninformal, mainly British dishonest or deceitful behaviour or business; trickery Word Origin for jiggery-pokeryC19: from Scottish dialect joukery-pawkery Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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