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I debated the name Jig for my goblin character, but decided against it.
Q&A jimhines 2010
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Finally, her name Jig, is symbolic because jig is another word for a whiskey measurer, which is a tool.
Literary analysis: Hills Like White Elephants, by Ernest Hemingway 2008
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Your days are numbered my friend, the Jig is up on you and very soon all the hate that comes curlling from your shriveled soul wil come and bite you on the ass.
Think Progress » O’Reilly Resorts To McCarthyism, Plans To Publish Online Enemies List 2005
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Uncle Josh's new Pork Flippin 'Jig ($3.75; 866-244-2277; www. unclejosh.com) eliminates that problem with a "Fast Clip" wire holder that extends beyond the hook.
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My favorite early prespawn bait is a 3/8-ounce Arkie Flippin 'Jig tipped with a No. 11 Uncle Josh Pork Frog.
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In Post-Restoration days a ballad sung in the streets by two persons was frequently called a Jig, presumably because it was a 'song in dialogue'.
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664
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"My good friend, there is -- is much cheerfulness in thy music, for which reason this young person and I will trouble you to play us that sustaining psalm -- I mean that blessed air called the Swaggering Jig, which is really a consoling planxtic -- come, Susanna."
Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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MS. (1692) occurs Binny's Jig, which is similar, but in
Hey the Dusty Miller 1788
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Jig-A-Loo recently launched a new sprayable spackle in a can dubbed Jig-A-Patch.
Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal 2008
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