jiggery-pokery
noun/ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri/
/ˌdʒɪɡəri ˈpəʊkəri/
[uncountable] (informal, especially British English)- dishonest behaviour
- He began to suspect that some jiggery-pokery had been going on.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: probably a variant of Scots joukery-pawkery, from jouk ‘dodge, skulk’, of unknown origin.
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