Jiggery-pokery (noun)
ji-gu-ree po-ku-ree
(informal) Dishonest or deceitful behaviour or business; trickery
C19: from Scottish language joukery-pawkery
Example sentences
“He’s nothing but a conman with all his jiggery-pokery.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
