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jiggery-pokery

Noun

jig=ger=y-pok=er=y

WORDNET DICTIONARY

jiggery-pokery(n = noun.communication) hanky panky, hocus-pocus, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way; Array

is a kind of deceit, deception, misrepresentation

jiggery-pokery, n.

A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a person in some way. [WordNet 1.5]

jiggery-pokery, n. Brit. colloq. deceitful or dishonest dealing, trickery.

Etymology

cf. Sc. joukery-pawkery f. jouk dodge, skulk

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