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Jigger Jig"ger, n. [A corrupt. of chigre.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, or Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
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Jigger Jig"ger (j[i^]g"g[~e]r), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small red mites (esp. Tetranychus irritans and T. Americanus) which, in the larval or leptus stage, burrow beneath the skin of man and various animals, causing great annoyance. [Southern U. S.]
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Chigoe Chig"oe, Chigre Chig"re, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo["o]l.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.
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Dandy Dan"dy, n.; pl. Dandies. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen. 3. A dandy roller. See below. Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. Dandy fever. See Dengue. Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

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- mare Its coat as white as snow And where that mare and Aref went We're jiggered if we know. – British Army verse. Aref Abdul Razzik of Tayibe was responsible...
- Scimitar called it "merely a dumb show with scenes pointlessly juggled and re-jiggered in the editing. Even cut to an hour and 35 minutes, it seems interminable...
- a piece of metal from which he improvised a small knife; with this, he jiggered the stocks so the prisoners could remove them when the guards were not...
- pressed to make a workable body. Bowls are jolle**** on a wheel, plates are jiggered on a wheel and fancies moulded in plaster moulds. This greenware is dried...
- Claude told me, and the Land Rover in the shed also suffered. Claude 'jiggered the crown wheel and pinion' before he left, but they took the battery out...
- Anderson opened his business: Shearwater Pottery. The business turned, jiggered and cast pottery pieces which were then glazed. By 1931 the Shearwater...
- turn divided into 3-foot (0.91 m) lengths. Some of these lengths were jiggered for flatware, and then sent to the potters for shaping. Others were cast...
- give way to his astonishment with his famous catch phrase, "Well I'll be jiggered!". "Old Ebenezer" was voiced by character actor Richard Goolden. Several...
- Sport News. Retrieved December 27, 2013. The Jigger Award Well, I'll Be Jiggered Overpeck, Dave (May 17, 1982). "Brabham in field". The Indianapolis Star...
- bone were mixed in the sliphouse. Bowls, plates and saucers were pressed, jiggered and jolle**** or moulded from the slip. The green (un-fired) china was left...