jiggery-pokery
jig·gery–pok·ery
noun \ˈji-gər-ē-ˈpō-kər-ē\Definition of JIGGERY-POKERY
: underhanded manipulation or dealings : trickery
See Origin of JIGGERY-POKERY
probably alteration of Scots joukery-pawkery, from jouk to dodge, cheat + pawk trick, wile
First Known Use: circa 1892
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Synonyms: artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, wile
Related Words: artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), craftiness, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, treachery, underhandedness, wiliness; crookedness, crookery, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, guile, guilefulness, hypocrisy, insincerity; fakery, humbuggery, imposture, quackery; dirty pool, dirty tricks; design, plotting, scheming, secrecy, stealth
Near Antonyms: artlessness, forthrightness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity; candidness, candor, directness, openness, plainness, plainspokenness
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