joukery-pawkery

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Scots

Etymology

Compound of joukery "trickery; manipulation" and pawky "artful; sly".

Noun

joukery-pawkery

  1. Trickery or misrepresentation; jiggery-pokery.
  2. Legerdemain, juggling.

Descendants

  • English: jiggery-pokery