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Jiggery pokery

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Jiggery pokery
Incantation:

jig-er-ee poke-er-ee

Effect:

None. Invented by Harry Potter to frighten his Muggle cousin.

"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.

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Appearances