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herky-jerky

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
herky-jerky /ˈhəːkɪˌdʒəːki/

▶adjective N. Amer. informal moving in sudden stops and starts.

– origin 1980s: reduplication of jerky1.

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