| 词汇 | jiggery-pokery |
| 释义 | jiggery-pokery noun[ U ] old-fashionedinformaluk /ˌdʒɪɡ.ər.iˈpəʊ.kər.i/ us /ˌdʒɪɡ.ɚ.iˈpoʊ.kɚ.i/ secret or dishonest behaviour欺骗行为;骗局;捣鬼 Synonyms skulduggery trickerydisapproving Cheating & tricking anti-fraud bad faith bamboozle bilk blackmail deceive diddle feint flannel funny business game-fixing grift grifter gull gyp prankster pretext pretextual pull pull a fast oneidiom Examples of jiggery-pokeryjiggery-pokery All this jiggery-pokery about personal expenses is purely fictitious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is that we have to get rid of a lot of this—not jiggery-pokery, but this nonsensical way we have of referring to measurements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want any financial jiggery-pokery in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the court were simply to have to take into account "reasonable and fair" it could not disregard any jiggery-pokery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, we are engaged in a piece of political jiggery-pokery, a piece of expediency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a nasty piece of political jiggery-pokery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No wonder the air is thick with accusations of statistical jiggery-pokery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All forms of jiggery-pokery have occurred in private legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The charge of jiggery-pokery does not arise in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it any wonder that there is a feeling that there is political jiggery-pokery at work? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not be a party to any such political jiggery-pokery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There would be a repetition of the jiggery-pokery with interest rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, when we talk about bringing down and controlling the rate of inflation, we discuss what is, in effect, a piece of jiggery-pokery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that they have their own interests to serve, but this is statistical jiggery-pokery on a grand scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why cannot we decide if any jiggery-pokery was going on? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of jiggery-pokery These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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