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A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera
One who jigs
A device used in the dyeing of cloth
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 wooden or metal headed golf club used to play low flying shots to the putting green from short distances
An ingenious device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes. It consists of a plank of wood with an arm on it with a sharp metal tooth on the end of the arm. A rope is tied to the arm which, when pulled, propels the plank along the underside of the ice because the tooth catches the ice. Releasing the rope allows the tooth to sink away from the ice, and when the rope is tightened again, the tooth grabs the ice farther along, allowing the jigger to crawl along the underside of the ice
An alleyway separating the backs of two rows of houses
A device for producing flatware
To alter or adjust, particularly in ways not originally intended

You'll have to jigger it from the original specifications to get it to work.

To use a jigger
A pallet jack, also known as a pallet truck, pump truck, or jigger is a tool used to lift and move pallets
{n} a rope and block to hold a cable as it is drawn in
larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
Term given to a wooden shafted #8 iron when discussing antique clubs
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
1 Traditional short pitching iron used to get out of trouble on holes 1 through 18 2 Traditional short measuring glass used to get into trouble at hole 19
archaic term for a wedge/pitching wedge Example: The jigger was Nigel's favorite club
A traditional short pitching iron L
Americanus which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance
Another name for the mizzen on a ketch or yawl
Small pointed metal instrument, resembling sharpened pencil, used in assembling ribs of expansion metal watch bands
One who, or that which, jigs; specifically, a miner who sorts or cleans ore by the process of jigging; also, the sieve used in jigging
A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl
A supplementary sail
2 (b)
A liquid measure equal to 1 1/2 fluid ounces
a machine similar to a potters wheel used for shaping flatware by means of a profiled tool at a fixed distance from the rotating surface of a plaster mold
A pendulum rolling machine for slicking or graining leather; same as Jack, 4 (i)
A jigger of a drink such as whisky or gin is the amount of it you are given when you order it in a bar. a jigger of brandy. a unit for measuring alcohol, equal to 1.5 ounces, or the small glass this is measured with
See Dandy, n
any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl
Tetranychus irritans and T
Bar measurement of 1 1/2 ounces for making cocktails
A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin
To move, send, or drive with a jerk; to jerk; also, to drive or send over with a jerk, as a golf ball
A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel
American bar measure 40ml or 1 5 imperial ounces
A horizontal table carrying a revolving mold, on which earthen vessels are shaped by rapid motion; a potter's wheel
a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
1 something for which one cannot immediately remember the correct name 2 break; ruin; destroy; spoil: e g Don't touch or you'll jigger it for good!
the traditional pitching iron used to get out of deep rough Usually shorter than the typical wedge
Any one of several species of small red mites esp
A measuring cup equaling 1 1/2 oz
{i} person who dances a jig; small sail (Nautical); small whiskey glass which holds 1.5 oz. (45 ml)
jiggered
Simple past tense and past participle of jigger
The jigger
pique
jiggered
Very tired
jiggered
Broken
jiggered
(British informal expletive) surprised; "Well I'm jiggered!
jiggered
Surprised
jiggering
present participle of jigger
jiggers
plural of jigger
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