jigger-dubber

noun

A jailer.

Meanings

nounjigger-dubber (plural jigger-dubbers)

plural jigger-dubbers

  1. obsoleteslangA jailer.

Origin

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

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