1719. Durfey, Pills to Purge, v. 293. He with his master, jig by
jowl, Unto old Gillian hy’d.
Jig-a-jig, verb. (American).—To copulate. For synonyms see Greens and
Ride.
Jigamaree, subs. (American).—A bit of chaff; nonsense or any
triviality; a thingumbob (q.v.).
Jigga-joggy, subs. (old).—A jolting motion. Also jig-jog.
1605. Marston, Dutch Courtezan, v. 1. I bid myselfe most hartily
welcome to your merry nuptials, and wanton jigga-joggies.
Jigger, subs. (Old Cant).—1. A door: also Jig, Jegger, and Gyger. Fr.
une fendante; une guimbarde; une lourde. It. diorta; introibo;
turlante.
1567. Harman, Caveat [E. E. T. Soc., 1869], p. 85. Dup the gygger,
and maund that is bene shyp.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Mark-all, p. 38 (H. Club’s Rept. 1874) s.v.
gigger, a door.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict., s.v.
1754. Discoveries of John Poulter, 34. Nap my kelp whilst I stall
at the jegger.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 83. The outer jigger which opens from the
yard.
1839. Ainsworth, J. Sheppard, p. 20. ‘Help!’ ejaculated Wood,
renewing his cries. ‘Arrest!’ ‘Jigger closed!’ shouted a hoarse
voice in reply.
1848. Duncombe, Sinks of London Laid Open, p. 106. Dub the jigger,
fasten the door.
1851–61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lond. Poor, i. 342. ‘Such men
are always left outside the jigger (door) of the houses.’
2. (old).—A doorkeeper; a screw (q.v.); a jailor or turnkey: also
Jigger-dubber. Fr. duc de guiche. [In Hants = a policeman].
1749. Humours of the Fleet [quoted in Ashton’s The Fleet, p. 281.]
The Door-keeper, and he who opens shuts the Jigg, is call’d the
Jigger.
1781. Parker, View of Society, ii. 69. Jigger-dubber is a term
applied to jailors or Turnkeys, Jigger being flash or cant for
door.
1823. Bee, Dict. of the Turf, s.v. Jigger-dubber—a jigger is a key,
and with the adjunct dubber, means turnkey to a prison.
1828. Smeeton, Doings in London. ‘Humours of the Fleet.’ Near
Fleet’s commodious market’s miry verge, This celebrated prison
stands compact and large, Where, by the jigger’s more than magic
charm Kept from the power of doing good or harm.
1888. Runciman, The Chequers, 183. One of the jiggers says one
thing, and one of them says another thing.