jiggers

[ jig-erz ]

interjectionSlang.

Origin of jiggers

Perhaps jigger, as in jiggered + -s³

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After, the restorative effects of “two jiggers from an old bottle of Wild Turkey,” he began the next chapter of his life.
10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography | Ben Jacobs | April 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
At R is one of the pressure engines or jiggers, worked from the accumulator, discharging the water after use into the tank T.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 | Various
The horrible chigoes, or 'jiggers,' are of the flea family, and with them we must leave Mr. Russell.
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 | Various
Almost as delicate are the boys called “jiggers,” from the “jigger” wheel which they turn.
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 | Frederick Engels
But we need to call attention to just one more example, that of the harvest-mites or jiggers (Fig. 21).
Insects and Diseases | Rennie W. Doane

My feet were all cut and scarred, and full of thorns and jiggers.1 My legs, too, were pretty badly scratched and torn.
A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland | Meg Gehrts

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