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Jiggery-pokery   Listen
noun
jiggery-pokery  n.  A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a person in some way.
Synonyms: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery.





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"Jiggery-pokery" Quotes from Famous Books



... right!" said Evans. "Matter is indestructible. You don't think any jiggery-pokery of this sort is going to snatch Clayton into the world of shades. Not it! You may try, Clayton, so far as I'm concerned, until your arms drop off ...
— Twelve Stories and a Dream • H. G. Wells


Words linked to "Jiggery-pokery" :   skulduggery, skullduggery, hanky panky, trickery, hocus-pocus, misrepresentation, deception, slickness


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