jiggery-pokery

[ jig-uh-ree-poh-kuh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chiefly British.

jiggery-pokery

/ ˈdʒɪɡərɪˈpəʊkərɪ /

1890–95; alteration of joukery-pawkery. See jouk, pawky, -ery

C19: from Scottish dialect joukery-pawkery

You don't think any jiggery-pokery of this sort is going to snatch Clayton into the world of shades.

Those chaps up there, they'll play jiggery-pokery with sugar if we aren't careful.

Besides, he's fatter than Belloc and he's a damned jiggery-pokery Papist too!

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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