hanky-pankyn.
/ˈhaŋkɪˈpaŋki/ slang.attributive.1865 B. Brierley Irkdale I. 292 Any sort o' hanky-panky work.1882 I. Mayo Mrs. Raven's Temptation III. 41 Some hanky-panky trick of hers.
Jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
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hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
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hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest action > [noun]
trinketing1646
hanky-panky1841
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > dishonesty > action
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1841 Punch 1 88 (Farmer) Only a little hanky-panky.
1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xlvii. 409 Necromancy, my dear Sir—the hanky-panky of the ancients.
1864 E. Yates Broken to Harness III. ix. 204 If there were any hanky-panky, any mystery I mean.
1881 Athenæum 27 Aug. 265/1 Madame Blavatsky's hanky-panky with teacups and cigarettes.
1887 W. Black Sabina Zembra 461 He won't play hanky-panky with me.
Draft additions 1993
2. Sexual activity or dalliance, esp. of a surreptitious nature.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun]
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hanky-panky1939
making-out1957
lumber1966
1939 G. B. Shaw Geneva I. 5 She:..No hanky panky. I am respectable; and I mean to keep respectable. He: I pledge you my word that my intentions are completely honorable.
1945 L. F. McHugh Chicago Murders vii. 200 Didn't the key make it clear the good doctor was up to his neck in some extra-marital hanky-panky?
1974 B. Bainbridge Bottle Factory Outing vi. 102 It would be funny if it was Mr Paganotti keeping an eye on them, watching to see if there was any hanky-panky going on in the forest.
1986 New Yorker 13 Oct. 155/1 They were still ‘courting’, occupying separate quarters in Dr. Rounds' boarding house, on West Seventieth Street, where, according to Lunt, no ‘hanky-panky’ was permitted.
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