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I . jig·ger [ˈʤɪgəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. jigger (container):

jigger

Messbecher m für Alkohol

2. jigger Am (measure):

jigger

45 ml

II . jig·ger [ˈʤɪgəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB trans Am

to jigger [with] sth machinery, photo, records

etw manipulieren

Phrases:

I'll be jiggered Brit inf

da bin ich aber platt! inf

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If the ice is transparent enough, one just makes another hole over the jigger when it moves far away. en.wikipedia.org

The four masts are the fore mast, main mast, mizzen mast and jigger mast. en.wikipedia.org

The jigger tool shapes one face, the mould the other. en.wikipedia.org

A ship's vertical masts are named, from bow to stern, the fore-mast, the main-mast, the mizzen-mast and the jigger-mast. en.wikipedia.org

Many references from the 1800s describe giving a jigger of whiskey or rum to workers who were digging canals. en.wikipedia.org

Some of these lengths were jiggered for flatware, and then sent to the potters for shaping. en.wikipedia.org

Workers were initially paid $0.30 per day and offered a jigger of whiskey. en.wikipedia.org

The jigger tool shapes one face while the mould shapes the other. en.wikipedia.org

A fourth mast, called the jigger, provided the driving power for the increased length. en.wikipedia.org

In this way a person by an ice hole propels the jigger away. en.wikipedia.org

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