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Jigger

noun
1.
A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey.  Synonyms: pony, shot glass.
2.
Any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl.  Synonym: jiggermast.
3.
Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.  Synonyms: chigger, harvest mite, redbug.





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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


Words linked to "Jigger" :   glass, Trombicula, drinking glass, mast, genus Trombicula, trombiculid


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