Word.ws English Dictionary

jigger-dubber

jigger-dubber noun: a jailer.

Noun

jigger-dubber (plural jigger-dubbers)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A jailer.

Forms of jigger-dubber

pluraljigger-dubbers

Origin of jigger-dubber

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

Questions about jigger-dubber

What does jigger-dubber mean?
Jigger-dubber means a jailer.
What part of speech is jigger-dubber?
Jigger-dubber is a noun.
What is the plural of jigger-dubber?
The plural of jigger-dubber is jigger-dubbers.

Words near jigger-dubber in the dictionary

  1. jigger
  2. jigger gun
  3. jigger guns
  4. jigger mast
  5. jigger masts
  6. jigger-dubber
  7. jigger-dubbers
  8. jigger-mast
  9. jigger-masts
  10. jiggered
  11. jiggerer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jigger-dubber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “jigger-dubber.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/jigger-dubber. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.