This is an expression of amazement that I learned from a very ladylike Southerner. However, it does not travel well.

I've used it a few times without thinking, and once or twice it has elicited a certain look. Does "jigger" actually mean what I now suspect that it means? My American Heritage Dictionary is silent on this subject.

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