hankey-pankey
- a variation of hanky-panky.
Example Sentences
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And of course you know, Aubrey, that if father tries any hankey-pankey with the estate, and leaves it to me, I shall give it back to you next day.'
From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Now Newton, Darwin, Dalton, Davy, Joule, and Adam Smith did not affect this “expert” hankey-pankey, becoming enough in a hairdresser or a fashionable physician, but indecent in a philosopher or a man of science.
From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Be sure if you think any one has suddenly changed his character unaccountably, there has been some hankey-pankey with that person's Doowee.
From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by Parker, K. Langloh (Katie Langloh)
