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jigger: see chigoe chigoe or jigger, small parasitic flea of tropical America and the S United States. Humans and their domestic animals are the main hosts.
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jigger
1. Golf an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie
2. any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion
3. a light lifting tackle used on ships
4. a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces
5. Engineering a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke
6. Canadian a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice

jigger [′jigĀ·ər]
(mining engineering)


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Hoisting mainsail and jigger was a matter of minutes.
Oh, she ain't handsome, of course; but I will own up she don't look like the same woman, what with the ribbons an' lace jiggers Miss Pollyanna makes her wear 'round her neck.
 
 
 
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