TO BE JIGGERED! verb. phr. (common).—Used as a mild imprecation; as BLOW IT! (q.v.), BUST ME! (q.v.): also in astonishment.

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  1860.  DICKENS, Great Expectations, xvii. 76. ‘Well, then,’ said he, ‘I’M JIGGERED if I don’t see you home!’

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  1883.  W. C. RUSSELL, Sailors’ Language, s.v.

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  1884.  Daily Telegraph, 2 Feb., p. 3, col. 2. ‘We ain’t seen the p’liceman since, and JIGGERED if we want to.’

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  1886.  BURNETT, Little Lord Fauntleroy, ii. ‘Well,’ said Mr. Hobbs, ‘I’ll be JIGGERED!’

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  1888.  Notes and Queries, 7 S. vi. 322. Lately, I read an article beginning with ‘I’m JIGGERED if I don’t love Jane.’

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  1892.  MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, 73. Kerrectness be folly, well JIGGERED.

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