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jiggered

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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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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 willque 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 itden Teufel werde ich tun (inf); to be jiggered (= tired)kaputt sein (inf)


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"Well then," said he, "I'm jiggered if I don't see you home
Three dollars an' twelve an' a half cents I'm jiggered out of on the room I'm rentin'.
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.
 
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