JIGGERY-POKERY


Meaning of JIGGERY-POKERY in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .