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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