Jigger
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Noun
jigger (jiggers)
- 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.
- (pottery) A device for producing flatware.
- (textiles) A device used in the dyeing of cloth.
- A sandflea, Tunga penetrans, of the order Siphonaptera.
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- An alley behind a row of terraced houses in Merseyside, UK
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Quotations
1998-2002: A good jigger will have a well formed lip that will pour a clean stream into the cocktail shaker or glass. — Robert B. Hess, in Jigger in DrinkBoy.com
Hand jiggers consisted of two iron frames with a spindle in each - the driving spindle with its iron belt pulley approximately 20 inches in diameter and the driven spindle with a small wooden pulley. — Pottery Jobs: Jiggering on thepotteries.org
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See also
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Verb
to jigger
- 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.
- (pottery) To use a jigger.
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