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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. He claimed that they could set a hedge on fire.
Etymology
Jiggery-pokery is a British term meaning "underhand or deceitful behaviour".
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)