'Jiggery-pokery,' said Helena, 'you talk jiggery-pokery. Stop it, can't you?'
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Jiggery-pokery
//ˌdʒɪɡ.ə.ɹiˈpəʊ.kə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "jiggery-pokery" (55 found)
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18 translations across 8 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- աղավաղում noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- խաբեություն noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- նենգափոխություն noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Finnish
1 entries- hämäys noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Georgian
4 entries- თაღლითობა noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- მოტყუება noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- სისულელე noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- ჩმახი noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Italian
2 entries- beffa noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- frottola noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Japanese
2 entries- 裏工作 noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- 誤魔化し noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Russian
2 entries- моше́нничество noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- надувательство noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Spanish
2 entries- cachondeo noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- trufa noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- підступи noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
- інтриги noun (trickery or misrepresentation)
Sample sentences
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Much as 'off-balance sheet' jiggery-pokery and other 'creative accounting' allowed banks to get away with false impressions of their true financial position...
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...under the present law, the averages were made up so faithfully and fairly as to prevent any jiggery-pokery.
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...what my friend Singleton calls "rigging, cornering, and general jiggery-pokery methods,"...
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