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JIGGETTY.—A sharp up and down motion. There is the old children's rhyme—

"To markut, to markut, to buy a vat hog,

Whoam agin, whoam s-gin, jiggetty jog."

"Jiggettin'" is moving up and down quickly, as in riding a child on the knee, this is always called "jiggettin'" the child.

JIMCRACKS.—Trifling personal belongings.

JIMMANY.—An exclamation of astonishment. Often, "Oh I jimmany."

JIMP.—With well formed waist, applied to a woman in a complimentary way.

JIS, or JUS'.—Just.

"'Ooll 'e jis stop a minnut while I azes if me-uster be at whoam."

JIST.—(The "i" pronounced as in "rice.") A joist.

JOB.—A thing difficult of performance.

"Thee 'oolt hev a job to car' that ther' zack o' taayters to Newbury."

JOCKEY.—To get the better of one.

"A jockeyed I last time I had dalins wi'n, an' zo I wunt hev no moor."

JOG.—To nudge; to touch one confidentially.

"Jog the man t'other zide on e' plaze, vor'n to look at I."

JOGGLE.—To shake.

"A joggled the taayble while I was a writin', an' zo ut beant vit vor 'e to look at."

JOG TROT.—An ordinary trot, rather slow than quick. A "jog-trot" way of going on is a way likely to last long and incur no great trouble.

JUMPER.—A sheep with the vice of springing over the hurdles of the fold is called a "jumper."

JUMPIN' STALK.—An arrangement of two sticks fixed perpendicularly in the ground, with another across the top to test height to which competitors can jump.

JUNKETTINS'.—Merry-makings.

JUNKS.—Thick pieces. "Chumps" are sometimes so called.

A frugal housewife will say to her good man,

"Dwoant 'e help the me-ut in junks, ut dwoant go hafe as vur."