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jiggers
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Definitions ofjiggers
1noun
- A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1 1/2 fluid ounces, the other typically 1 fluid ounce.
- A measure of 1 1/2 fluid ounces of liquor.
- A drink of whisky.
- The sieve used in sorting or separating ore.
- One who jigs; a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging.
- A horizontal lathe used in producing flatware.
- A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather.
- A bicycle.
- A golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances.
- A warehouse crane.
- A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle.
- A jiggermast.
- A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl.
- A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
- One who dances jigs; an odd-looking person.
- A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
- A placeholder name for any small mechanical device.
- A railway jigger, a small motorized or human powered vehicle used by railway workers to traverse railway tracks.
- The bridge or rest for the cue in billiards.
- An illicit electric shock device used to urge on a horse during a race.
- A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
- A kind of early electric cash register.
1noun
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera; chigoe.
- A larva of any of several mites in the family Trombiculidae; chigger, harvest mite.
1noun
- A prison; a jail cell.
- An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses.
- A penis.
- A vagina.
- A door.
- An illegal distillery.
- A lock pick.
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