Translations for „jiggery-pokery“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

jiggery-pokery [ˌʤɪgəriˈpəʊkəri, Am -ˈpoʊ-] N no pl Brit inf

jiggery-pokery

matactwa ntpl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Clearly there is jiggery-pokery going on.

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It is possible this could be increased to five with some technical jiggery-pokery but it is unlikely there will be any more than that in the foreseeable future.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Disappointingly, the debate about the possible return of grammar schools has detracted attention away from this key lesson, and no amount of statistical jiggery-pokery can mask such an elementary shortcoming.

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Other methods involve technical jiggery-pokery that can get a little complicated.

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But among consumers, the perception is that there is some kind of actuarial jiggery-pokery going on and the insurers are keeping the money for themselves.

www.iii.co.uk

While it may seem like the developers are making a big fuss about separate threads for user interface and page rendering the fact is all the technical jiggery-pokery is working.

www.theinquirer.net

And, to be fair, there was a lot of political jiggery-pokery doing the rounds this week.

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She describes a "passion for truth" as her primary motivation, and art world jiggery-pokery has become her forte.

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With a little jiggery-pokery and a lightening quick reflex, you can minimise the mortification into little more than a raised eyebrow.

www.joe.ie

Some people think the concept of corporate personality is a bunch of legal jiggery-pokery.

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