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Definition of Jiggers
1. jigger [v] - See also: jigger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jiggers
Literary usage of Jiggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Concentration of All Kinds of Ores: Including the Chlorination by Guido Küstel (1868)
"The jiggers are generally suspended on a rod connected with a lever, ... The new
construction of self-discharging jiggers is, therefore, a great improvement ..."
2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"... in English jiggers. In November, 1/86, the Marques de Sonora, / viceroy of
Mexico, wrote to Ugarte y Loyola that he had received a letter from the ..."
3. Machinery for Metalliferous Mines: A Practical Treatise for Mining Engineers by Edward Henry Davies (1894)
"jiggers AND JIGGING.—The ore, after having been properly sized in the trommels,
is fed direct into machines called jiggers, which effect the separation of ..."
4. A Treatise on Metalliferous Minerals and Mining by David Christopher Davies (1881)
"jg, A, into the jiggers F, G, H, and the stuff from i and K through troughs i,
t, into either buddies or trunks. c, D, E, G, H, are six of Davies's Patent ..."
5. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... forest—Strange finds in the villages—Zanzibari method of cooking fowls—Ticks
and "jiggers'*—Fine features of the natives—Accident to our biscuits— Heavy ..."
6. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"... (jiggers). The members of this family are not confined to one host. Three genera
are known and tabulate as follows :— a. Hind coxa without a patch of ..."
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