Synonyms for hanky-panky
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hang-kee-pang-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæŋ kiˈpæŋ ki |
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Définition of hanky-panky
Origin :- also hanky panky, 1841, "trickery," British slang, possibly a variant of hoky-poky "deception, fraud," altered from hocus-pocus.
- noun monkey business
- If there was any hanky-panky, I couldn't see how he planned to work it.
- Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
- Another piece of hanky-panky frequently practised on the stage requires two performers.
- Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
- I tell you, there's more in that Eastern hanky-panky than meets the eye; beyond that I'll offer no opinion.
- Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- If you play any hanky-panky tricks—look here, Da Souza, I'll kill you, sure!
- Extract from : « A Millionaire of Yesterday » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Some hanky-panky with regimental money; every one knows how India plays the devil with a man's sense of right and wrong.
- Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas
- Oh, no, the Bedouins know the English Government won't allow any hanky-panky.
- Extract from : « Afterwards » by Kathlyn Rhodes
- Did he sing anything about somebody's bein' his darlin' hanky-panky and wearin' a number two?
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- These scientists have worked miracles before which those of the ancient priests and magicians are mere tricks of hanky-panky.
- Extract from : « God and my Neighbour » by Robert Blatchford
- But there must be no hanky-panky, no sharp practice with caddies; every sponge must be put down by one of the players in person.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 » by Various
- I'll put up with no hanky-panky work from Mrs. Cummers Portheris, my dear—and well she knows it!'
- Extract from : « An American Girl in London » by Sara Jeannette Duncan
Antonyms for hanky-panky
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