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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶JIGLET, n. A small quantity of liquid, a driblet. Used in derogatory sense.Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 340:
There's mair soobstantiality in a plate o' porritch an' a basin o' gweed milk wi't, than in thae jiglets o' tea, that's makin' fouk sae deelicate, nervish, an' yallow in the skin.