1887. Lippincott, July, p. 141. Shame on thee to say’t, thou
bold-faced jig.
5. (Winchester College).—A clever man: fifty years ago it meant a
swindler. The word has now the meanings (i) a low joke, (ii) a swindle,
(iii) an object of sport.—Notions.
1600. Heywood, 2 Edward IV. i. 1. There domineering with his
drunken crew Makes jigs of us.
1652. Stapylton, Herodion (quoted in Notions). Devising with his
mates to find a jigg, That he thereby might make himself a king.
Verb. (old).—1. To cheat; to delude; to impose upon.
1876. Hindley, Adventures of a Cheap Jack, p. 268. The animal was
jigged, digged and figged.