Jigger
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Jigger may refer to:
Tools and machines
- Jigger (bartending), used to measure out a jigger (1.5 US fluid ounces) of liquor
- Pallet jack, used to lift and move pallets
- Hydraulic jigger, a hydraulically powered mechanical winch
- Ice jigger, used for setting fish nets under ice between two distant holes
- Jigger, a machine for the shaping of clay body into flatware by the differential rotation of a profile tool and mould
Transportation
- Handcar (hand-operated) or speeder (motorized), a railway car mostly used for maintenance
- Jiggermast, the aftmost mast of a four-masted sailing ship
Arts and entertainment
- "Jigger", a work by Li Cheng (painter) (919–967)
- Jigger, a large statue in Brownhills, West Midlands, England
- Jigger Craigin, a character in the musical Carousel
Places
- Jigger, Louisiana, United States, an unincorporated community
- Jigger, a local name for the settlement of South Tunbridge - see Tunbridge, Vermont, United States
People
- Jigger (nickname), a list of people
- Jigger, an American and British derogatory term for a black person - see List of ethnic slurs
- Jigger, a person who engages in jigging, i.e. fishing with a jig lure
Other uses
- Tunga penetrans or chigoe flea, a tropical parasitic arthropod
- Jigger, the inner button of a double-breasted coat or jacket
- Jigger, an obsolete golf club that was a very low lofted iron with a shortened shaft
See also
- Jiggerpole, a very long fishing pole used with a very short and very heavy line
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