jigger-dubber

English

Etymology

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

Noun

jigger-dubber (plural jigger-dubbers)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A jailer.

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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