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jigger-mast

jigger-mast is the alternative spelling of jiggermast.

Meaning of jiggermast

Noun

jiggermast (plural jiggermasts)

  1. The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
    • It was Margaret who came to where I was stationed by the jiggermast and told me what had occurred; and it was she who took my rifle and relieved me so that I could go aft.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV
    Synonyms:
    jigger

Forms of jigger-mast

pluraljigger-masts

Questions about jigger-mast

What is jigger-mast the alternative spelling of?
Jigger-mast is the alternative spelling of jiggermast.

Words near jigger-mast in the dictionary

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

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