Jiggery-pokery

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jiggery-pokery \jiggery-pokery\ n.
     A verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of a
     person in some way.
  
     Syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky,
          skulduggery, skullduggery.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jiggery-pokery
       n : verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you
           in some way [syn: {trickery}, {hocus-pocus}, {slickness},
            {hanky panky}, {skulduggery}, {skullduggery}]