Talk:jigger

Metasyntacic

Some references to "jigger" in the metasyntacic sense (not the most common but out there):

• A Usenet post
• An online dictionary sourced from Webster 1913
• How To Build A Thingamajig (appears on a few sites)
• A Usenet post quoting from Digital Webster
• A Usenet post quoting from Encarta World English Dictionary
• A Usenet post with a fair bit of Aussie slang

— Hippietrail 13:13, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I had meant to leave you a note of apology for too-hastily removing the category marker. Just the sort of thing I complain about when others do it (though at least I did check google first) -dmh 17:17, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hmm . . . of these, only the last really supports the "metasyntactic" sense, but it's pretty strong ("the whole jigger cost A$30"). The first one supports the verb use, and the rest appear to be references. In any case, I'd consider the metasyntactic sense rare, but certainly valid. -dmh 17:22, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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jigger

This is an rfv-sense for the definition "a spliff". --Jeffqyzt 19:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

The fact it was added out of order (as the primary sense, no less) by an anon IP is a pretty good indication it is just vandalism. --Connel MacKenzie 19:56, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Do we have "primary" senses (except as obviously, the actual order)? In any case, it seemed somewhat plausible despite the dodgy nature of the contribution. I don't claim to have any great familiarity with drug culture terms. --Jeffqyzt 15:21, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I moved it to the bottom and wikilinked spliff. RJFJR 22:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

RFV failed. Sense removed.

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jigger

Rfv-sense: "(slang, Britain) A key". --Robbie SWE (talk) 17:49, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Thought about RFVing this too; not familiar to me. I assume they mean the kind of key that unlocks doors... Equinox ◑ 18:16, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Not exactly a key, but I found some uses of jigger to refer to a lock-picking device....

(Althought the 2012 quote might just be using the thingamajig sense). Kiwima (talk) 23:50, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

I have taken the liberty of extending that 2012 cite in your comment above, to add more (vital!) context. It seems to be describing some kind of lock-picking tool, indeed. Equinox ◑ 23:53, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

RFV-resolved with definition amended to a lock pick. Kiwima (talk) 20:58, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Possible missing noun senses

John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) mentions the "door", "illicit still/distillery" and "billiards rest" senses (which we have already) and also mentions "the curtain of a theatre", "any small mechanical contrivance", and (among printers) "a little machine which guides the eye when copy is minute". Equinox ◑ 14:56, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

I found a few hits where it seems to mean roughly "any small contrivance" (ironically while trying to find examples of the printing sense instead), which is probably the same as the "A placeholder name for any small mechanical device." sense we have. We label that one US, but Hotten is English, so does the label need to be changed? (I added the better of the two cites I found; the more mention-y one is here.) - -sche (discuss) 05:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

I wonder if it's related to the final syllable in thingamajig. Equinox ◑ 12:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)