Example Sentences

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Nothing seemed going on yet, but as he slipped into a seat in the aisle he became aware of an organ playing joyous preludes, almost jiggish.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

The coquette therefore I must distinguish by that musical instrument which is commonly known by the name of a kit, that is more jiggish than the fiddle itself, and never sounds but to a dance.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various