jiggery-pokery [ˌʤɪgəriˈpəʊkəri, америк. -ˈpoʊ-] СУЩ. no pl dated разг.
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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 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.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk Other methods involve technical jiggery-pokery that can get a little complicated.
www.stuff.co.nz She describes a "passion for truth" as her primary motivation, and art world jiggery-pokery has become her forte.
www.telegraph.co.uk Some people think the concept of corporate personality is a bunch of legal jiggery-pokery.
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