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Jigger  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A species of flea (Tunga penetrans, or Sarcopsylla penetrans, or Pulex penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin; called also jigger flea. See Chigoe.
2.
(Zool.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and Tetranychus Americanus) of the family Trombiculidae, which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. Also called chigger. (Southern U. S.)


Jigger  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging.
2.
(Pottery)
(a)
A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel.
(b)
A template or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
3.
(Naut.)
(a)
A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
(b)
A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl. (New Eng.)
(c)
A supplementary sail. See Dandy, n., 2 (b).
4.
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i).
5.
A small glass or measuring vessel holding 1½ ounces (45 ml), used mostly for measuring liquor or drinking whiskey; also, the quantity of liquid held in a jigger.
6.
A thingamajig. (Colloq.)
Jigger mast. (Naut.)
(a)
The after mast of a four-masted vessel.
(b)
The small mast set at the stern of a yawl-rigged boat.


verb
Jigger  v. t.  To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball. "He could jigger the ball o'er a steeple tall as most men would jigger a cop."





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"Jigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... with knife 'n' pistol, arf a brick to line me shirt. We creeps a thousan' yards or so to jigger up a gun Which seven Huns is workin' on the Irish like a squirt. We gets across them, me 'n' him. I pots the extra one; Mick chokes his third in comfort, 'n', be'old, the ...
— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson
... 'n' pistol, arf a brick to line me shirt. We creeps a thousan' yards or so to jigger up a gun Which seven Huns is workin' on the Irish like a squirt. We gets across them, me 'n' him. I pots the extra one; Mick chokes his third in comfort, 'n', be'old, the ...
— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson
... back, by which I was cast forward, and then an awkward thump on the head by which I was stunned. {268} Recovering again just in time, I saw another wave send the dingey once more on board with a crash, and splinters flew up, so we thought she was smashed, but it was the jigger-boom that was broken by the collision. The very next billow broke the dingey's painter of strong canoe rope, but much worn. Away floated the tiny cockleshell, and it was very soon hid in ...
— The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" • John MacGregor
... and to confess their sins; others hardened their hearts and went home unrepentant. Michael Mangan went to Belz's grocery near the canal. He said he felt pains in his interior, and drank a jigger of whisky. Then he bought half-a-gallon of the same remedy to take home with him. It was a cheap prescription, costing only twelve and a half cents, but it proved very effective. Old Belz put the ...
— The Book of the Bush • George Dunderdale
... had been falling, and now it lay thick and deep over the countryside. Mortimer Sturgis, his frugal dinner concluded—what with losing his wife and not being able to get any golf, he had little appetite these days—was sitting in his drawing-room, moodily polishing the blade of his jigger. Soon wearying of this once congenial task, he laid down the club and went to the front door to see if there was any chance of a thaw. But no. It was freezing. The snow, as he tested it with his shoe, crackled crisply. The sky above was black and full of cold stars. It seemed to Mortimer ...
— The Clicking of Cuthbert • P. G. Wodehouse


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