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Definition of Hanky panky
1. Noun. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Misrepresentation
Derivative terms: Slick, Trick
Definition of Hanky panky
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hanky-panky) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hanky Panky
Literary usage of Hanky panky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Consulate in Samoa: A Record of Four Years' Sojourn in the Navigators by William Brown Churchward (1887)
"... Dollars—Hanky-Panky Man—A Modern Cannibal—Making Use of a Friend— Never
Cannibals—Queen's Birthday—Flag-wagging—My Portrait Gallery—The German Boy—The ..."
2. A Dictionary of Political Phrases and Allusions: With a Short Bibliography by Hugh Montgomery, Philip George Cambray (1906)
"Hanky-Panky " Government. Name given by Lord Rose- bery to the Balfour Government
in 1904. Speaking at Lambton Castle on June 25, 1904, Lord Rosebery said ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Hanky-panky and hocus-pocus are each one half almost pure Hindustani. ...
Hanky-panky bloke or pile o' mags (theatrical), a conjuror. Hanky-spanky (popular) ..."
4. The Mother of All Webs Who Gotcha! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"hanky panky IN AUSTRALIA For you who don't believe hanky-panky is going on in
Australia-RIGHT NOW, I suggest you read carefully the following, ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"I have heard people warned, moreover, " not to have no hanks" with a certain
horse, or with an undesirable bargain. HANKY-PANKY [ang-kee-pang'kee], sb. ..."
6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"Does she want foreign intelligence, or hanky-panky, or what the deuce does she
... Hanky-panky, it appeared. She wanted spiritual intelligence of the last ..."
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