jiggered

jiggered [ˈdʒɪgəd]

adj (postpositive)

1. Informal damned; blowed I'm jiggered if he'll get away with it

2. (sometimes foll by up) Scot and northern English dialect tired out

[probably euphemism for buggered; see bugger]

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Adj.

jiggered - (British informal expletive) surprised; "Well I'm jiggered!"

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

Translations

jiggered [ˈdʒɪgəd] ADJ well I'm jiggered! (Brit) → ¡caramba!
I'm jiggered if I will → que me cuelguen si lo hago

jiggered

adj (inf) well, I’ll be jiggered! → da bin ich aber platt (inf) → or baff (inf); I’m jiggered if I’ll do it → den Teufel werde ich tun (inf); to be jiggered (= tired) → kaputt sein (inf)

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fatigued
shattered
worn out

"Well then," said he, "I'm jiggered if I don't see you home

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

Three dollars an' twelve an' a half cents I'm jiggered out of on the room I'm rentin'.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

We wanted to take him ashore at once, but Henry was game; he said he'd be jiggered if he'd leave a school like that for anything short of lockjaw; then he kept fishing away, hauling in hand over fist and groaning between times.

Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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