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jiggerypokery

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jig⋅ger⋅y-pok⋅er⋅y

  [jig-uh-ree-poh-kuh-ree]
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–noun Chiefly British.
1. trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug.
2. sly, underhanded action.
3. manipulation: After a little jiggery-pokery, the engine started.
Origin:
1890–95; alter. of joukery-pawkery. See jouk, pawky, -ery
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