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Giggle

Also written gigl- w.Sc.

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Also written gigl- w.Sc. (Jam. Suppl.) ne.Lan.^; jiggle S. & Ork.^Chs.''^ sw.Lin.^ War.^ s.Wor. Shr.^ Cmb. Nrf. Hmp. Amer. ; jigl- Nhp.^ Hnt.; and in forms jeegle Sc. (Jam. Suppl.); jeggle w.Yks.^ [dgi'gl.] 1. v. To jog or shake about; of things : to stand unevenly or crooked. Cf. goggle.

Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)

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