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jiggered adjective [ ˈdʒɪɡəd ]

• damaged; broken.
• "the lens is totally jiggered"
Origin: mid 19th century: from jigger1; its use to mean ‘exhausted’ is probably euphemistic for buggered .

jigger verb

• rearrange or tamper with.
• "conventional price indexes often jigger the market basket's content"
Origin: mid 16th century (originally a slang word for a door): from the verb jig.

I'll be jiggered

• used to express one's astonishment.
"I'll be jiggered if I know"



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