jiggery-pokery

jig·ger·y-pok·er·y  (jg-r-pk-r)

n.

Underhand scheming or behavior: "By some legalor perhaps illegaljiggery-pokery, he could declare the election void" (John Hughes).

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[Alteration of joukery-pawkery : from Scots jouk, to dodge (probably from duck) + Scots pawk, trick.]

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jiggery-pokery [ˈdʒɪgərɪˈpəʊkərɪ]

n

Informal chiefly Brit dishonest or deceitful behaviour or business; trickery

[from Scottish dialect joukery-pawkery]

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jiggery-pokery

subterfuge or devious and underhanded behavior; low cunning.

See also: Cunning

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

jiggery-pokery - verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way hanky panky, hocus-pocus, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

Translations

jiggery-pokery [ˈdʒɪgərɪˈpəʊkərɪ] N (Brit) → trampas fpl, embustes mpl
there's some jiggery-pokery going on → hay gato encerrado

jiggery-pokery

n (inf) → Schmu m (inf); I think there’s been some jiggery-pokery going on here → ich glaube, hier geht es nicht ganz hasenrein zu (inf) → or hier ist was faul (inf)