Noun : After a little jiggery-pokery, the engine started. From Dictionary.com.
Unexpected; that way they can't play any jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
Say whatever you want about jiggery-pokery; Tresy's right. From Wordnik.com. [complicity] Reference
Maybe you need some “jiggery-pokery” to remove such a bias?. From Wordnik.com. [Trends in Peterson 2003 « Climate Audit] Reference
A bit of jiggery-pokery, really, and probably the only reason the office still exists. From Wordnik.com. [Leave the Grave Green] Reference
The re-jiggering entails quite a lot of jiggery-pokery, but he just about makes it stick. From Wordnik.com. [Fatherland] Reference
Only a severely ethically challenged person could be capable of such moral jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [Cherie Blair in Bangladesh] Reference
Odd, come to think, as gypsies are generally associated with all manner of jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [conversation at metro diner | clusterflock] Reference
But the money that companies like the Royal Mail get from this jiggery-pokery all adds up. From Wordnik.com. [October 8th, 2006] Reference
Why are we accusing Norm Coleman of petty things like technical jiggery-pokery in a commercial?. From Wordnik.com. [Did GOP Senator Fake An Ad Showing Him Cozy With Wife?] Reference
The whole signing session jiggery-pokery, that's, like, an event for folks who want books signed. From Wordnik.com. [The Dufus Dollar] Reference
Don't come to me with your sociological jiggery-pokery; it's all coincidence and barely worthy of remark. From Wordnik.com. [There's only one class of joke, and that's funny] Reference
I then calculated simple averages of the “raw” anomalies for the two networks BEFORE any jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [Trends in Peterson 2003 « Climate Audit] Reference
A bit of Doctor-ish mechanical jiggery-pokery later, and the Routemaster is flying through the air, straight back to Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead] Reference
I'm quite good at jiggery-pokery and we had one teacher retire and another land a university job, so here are Kelly and Rachael. From Wordnik.com. [Outstanding new teacher: dazzling performer] Reference
I was one of ten representatives of the No side who had been nominated to ensure that there was no jiggery-pokery with the counting. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Years On] Reference
No cleaning or other sorts of jiggery-pokery needed!. From Wordnik.com. [1UP RSS feed] Reference
How will £1,600 of electronic jiggery-pokery cope in British rain?. From Wordnik.com. [Search Bicycle Trails] Reference
Iraq war inquiry: A week of spin, supine cabinets and legal jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to UK PM to appear before Iraq War inquiry before vote] Reference
In most industries a bit of light jiggery-pokery of the figures is commonplace. From Wordnik.com. [The Inquirer] Reference
This presidential and congressional jiggery-pokery is the height of public dishonesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Her allegations of submarine jiggery-pokery met with polite bafflement in Germany today. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Does anyone know of a script, or some other voodoo or jiggery-pokery, that can tell Pages. From Wordnik.com. [ehMac.ca] Reference
"And if they falter, if things go wrong, if there's any jiggery-pokery, schools will close.". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Plus, with a nominal amount of jiggery-pokery, I can use all the old 3.5 books with the new system. From Wordnik.com. [FriendFeed - georgeh] Reference
This looks so much like the subprime CDOs jiggery-pokery when applied to profligate government spending. From Wordnik.com. [House Price Crash News Blog] Reference
When it comes to players you have what is at your natural disposal, give or take some passport jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
There's more to the story than simple "truth", including a lot of Bosnia-Herzogovina political jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
This is vital in order not to devolve into: "You wouldn't fetch my leg so I could take a leak" type jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
She won because she is a brilliant campaigner and despite not being from Liverpool, not because of any NEC jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
His attitude can be described as an exercise in political jiggery-pokery, with an eye on the Assembly election in October. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesman] Reference
Because, you know, all this fiscal juggling and jiggery-pokery, contrary to popular belief, is not all fun and market games. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
This complex jiggery-pokery was necessary to fit even the gross observed movements of the planets, let alone the fine details. From Wordnik.com. [Irregular Webcomic!] Reference
Using some clever jiggery-pokery, you can bag yourself a six-bottle haul of good quality Cava for only £18.78 - that's just £3.16. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
If you want to get the value of the through some method other than just hitting "Submit", you're dealing with some kind of jiggery-pokery. From Wordnik.com. [Giles Bowkett] Reference
Hadn't there been some jiggery-pokery with his books in London? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Knew] Reference
All the emotional jiggery-pokery that she’d tried on me and then some. From Wordnik.com. [Died in the Wool]
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