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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jiggery-pokery
n : verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you
in some way [syn: trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness,
hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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