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Examples
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Jiggers got into our feet when sleeping on the ground, and these caused great pain and annoyance.
Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America G. Whitfield Ray
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Al, having received payment and displayed the Jiggers, left for the back of the store to that secluded nook which had heard a hundred explanations and supplications from the improvident and hungry.
Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Owen Johnson 1915
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"It isn't only the Jiggers," said Snorky, who sometimes practised virtue but without the slightest enthusiasm, "it's -- it's those éclairs -- never tasted anything like them, big, fat, luscious, oozing with cream --"
Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Owen Johnson 1915
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"The Jiggers are peach, soft and creamy," said Snorky with a pensive look.
Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Owen Johnson 1915
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Squirters and Mixing Spoons and Orange Peel and Jiggers and Jaggers, he drew himself together and made the Announcement.
Knocking the Neighbors George Ade 1905
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"Jiggers has the right idea, seems to me -- he's put 'em on the newel-posts of his front porch steps."
The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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Those who saw him as he moved here and there with the boys, or Mul-tal-la, or Spink and Jiggers, had to admit the truth of the assertion heard many times; he was the most prepossessing young warrior upon whom any of them had ever looked.
Deerfoot in The Mountains Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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The delight of Mul-tal-la and of Spink and Jiggers was hardly less than that of the boys.
Deerfoot in The Mountains Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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Mul-tal-la, Spink, Jiggers and seven other warriors openly confessed the Christian religion.
Deerfoot in The Mountains Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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Mul-tal-la and the Shelton brothers, including Spink and Jiggers, impressed upon the
Deerfoot in The Mountains Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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