jiggery-pokery

名词 jiggery-pokery:

1. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
   同义词：trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, skulduggery, skullduggery

1. He began to suspect that some jiggery-pokery was going on.
   他怀疑有人在暗中捣鬼。

jig.ger.y-pok.er.y

n.（名词）
Underhand scheming or behavior; trickery:
阴谋：阴险、欺诈的计划或行为：
例句：
.By some legal—or perhaps illegal—jiggery-pokery, he could declare the election void.(John Hughes)
.利用合法的、也许是非法的欺骗，他能宣布选举无效.(约翰·休斯)

来源：
Alteration of joukery-pawkery
joukery-pawkery的变化
from Scots jouk [to dodge] probably from duck 2
源自 苏格兰语 jouk [躲避] 可能源自 duck2
Scots pawk [trick]
苏格兰语 pawk [诡计]