JIGGERY-POKERY


Meaning of JIGGERY-POKERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒɪgəri poʊkəri ]

If you describe behaviour as jiggery-pokery , you mean that it involves tricking people or being dishonest. ( BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED )

It seems astonishing that Bond got away with so much jiggery-pokery for as long as he did.

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