jig ((n.))†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1956 quote.

See: jigger(def. 1)

Quotations

1956

JIG--A hook used to catch fish by jigging it up and down where fish are believed to be numerous.

1964

While Reg laid a fire I tossed out a bait in a bid for dinner. I let the jig sink, but before it touched bottom I felt a fish hit it. . . .