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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
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Recent Examples of jigger
The set includes a jigger, strainer, bar spoon, bottle opener, zester, two whiskey spheres, a muddler, tongs and four cocktail picks.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2025
The kit comes with a julep strainer, a stainless steel jigger, a stainless steel bar spoon, and a 1-pint mixing glass made of heavy Japanese diamond-cut glass.
—Michael Calore, Wired News, 25 Nov. 2025
Add a touch of orange zest, a jigger of brandy, some butter and cream, anything that says the holidays.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
Includes double-sided jigger and quality bar spoon with muddler.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2025
The kit comes with a julep strainer, a stainless steel jigger, a stainless steel bar spoon, and a 1-pint mixing glass made of heavy Japanese diamond-cut glass.
—Michael Calore, Wired News, 25 Nov. 2025
Add a touch of orange zest, a jigger of brandy, some butter and cream, anything that says the holidays.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
Includes double-sided jigger and quality bar spoon with muddler.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jigger
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From a handy travel document organizer to a $10 luggage scale, these travel accessories and gadgets will help everyone get through the check-in line headache-free.—
Kayla Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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The viral beauty gadget stimulates collagen, boosts circulation, and leaves you with plump, youthful results.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Crashes, luge athletes will tell you, are part of the game, a necessary teaching tool that helps young lugers learn how to navigate sliding on their back down an icy course, sometimes faster than 90 miles per hour.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Enquirer's Neighborhood Snapshot project is an interactive, online tool for Cincinnatians to better understand their city and its neighborhoods.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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Using this contraption, Grigson has performed sophisticated experiments on GLP-1s and addiction.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Get creative by creating a marble maze and building a one-of-a-kind contraption with cardboard.—
Elena Donovan Mauer,
Parents,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Jigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jigger. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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