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Synonyms of jigger
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
- a kitchen store filled with neat little jiggers that you didn't know you needed
Synonyms for jigger
- appliance,
- contraption,
- contrivance,
- gadget,
- gimmick,
- gizmo
- (also gismo),
- widget
Words Related to jigger
- dingus,
- doodad,
- doohickey,
- hickey,
- hootenanny
- [chiefly dialect],
- thingamabob,
- thingamajig
- (or thingumajig),
- thingummy
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The first known use of jigger was in 1675
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