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.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
