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|effect=None. Invented by [[Harry Potter]] to frighten his [[Muggle]] [[Dudley Dursley|cousin]].
 
|effect=None. Invented by [[Harry Potter]] to frighten his [[Muggle]] [[Dudley Dursley|cousin]].
 
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'''''Jiggery pokery''''' was one of three pretend [[spell]]s that [[Harry Potter]] invented in order to scare off his [[Muggle]] cousin [[Dudley Dursley]] in [[1992]].
 
'''''Jiggery pokery''''' was one of three pretend [[spell]]s that [[Harry Potter]] invented in order to scare off his [[Muggle]] cousin [[Dudley Dursley]] in [[1992]].

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"Jiggery pokery! Hocus pocus...squiggly wiggly..."
Harry Potter frightens Dudley Dursley in 1992[src]

Jiggery pokery was one of three pretend spells that Harry Potter invented in order to scare off his Muggle cousin Dudley Dursley in 1992.

Etymology

Jiggery-pokery is a British term meaning "underhand or deceitful behavior."

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