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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, the small purchase used in rigging out a studdingsail-boom, and, by shifting the tackle, in rigging it in. Also called
in-and-out jigger .
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hernesheir commented on the word boom-jigger
Keep your boom-jigger away from the futtock shrouds.
While you're at it stop putting your futtock-staff down the lubber's hole.
December 28, 2011