Meaning of jiggery-pokery in English
(Definition of jiggery-pokery from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of jiggery-pokery
jiggery-pokery
All this jiggery-pokery about personal expenses is purely fictitious.
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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.
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I do not want any financial jiggery-pokery in this matter.
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If the court were simply to have to take into account "reasonable and fair" it could not disregard any jiggery-pokery.
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In other words, we are engaged in a piece of political jiggery-pokery, a piece of expediency.
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It is a nasty piece of political jiggery-pokery.
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No wonder the air is thick with accusations of statistical jiggery-pokery.
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All forms of jiggery-pokery have occurred in private legislation.
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The charge of jiggery-pokery does not arise in that way.
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Is it any wonder that there is a feeling that there is political jiggery-pokery at work?
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I will not be a party to any such political jiggery-pokery.
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There would be a repetition of the jiggery-pokery with interest rates.
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Therefore, when we talk about bringing down and controlling the rate of inflation, we discuss what is, in effect, a piece of jiggery-pokery.
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I understand that they have their own interests to serve, but this is statistical jiggery-pokery on a grand scale.
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Why cannot we decide if any jiggery-pokery was going on?
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