English Explanatory Dictionary

jigger-dubber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A jailer.

Word forms

jigger-dubber jigger-dubbers

Etymology

From the thieves' slang jigger (“a door”) and dub (“to close”).

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