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单词 jiggery-pokery
释义 jiggery-pokery
 /jig"euh ree poh"keuh ree/, n. Chiefly Brit.
  1. trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug.
  2. sly, underhanded action.
  3. manipulation: After a little jiggery-pokery, the engine started.
 [1890-95; alter. of joukery-pawkery. See JOUK, PAWKY, -ERY]
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