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1978 Observer 28 May 28/5 ‘Well, you see, your play is only playing to 82 per cent and here we have to play to 98 per cent.’ Or some such ludicrous Whitehall wankery.

1979 Akros Dec. 59 Like many a young poet before and since he claimed to have new things to say which were being actively suffocated in the wankeries of current orthodoxy.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Apr. 4 There is also, mercifully, no wine wankery. At Ristorante Toto in Florence, you'll find terrific Tuscan grilled meats. You'll also find a bottle of red sitting on every table.

1995 Nat. College U. Mag. Aug. 30/3 The movies are often incompetently assembled bits of random celluloid wankery in the guise of narrative.

2011 N.Y. Mag. 27 June 67/2 My first attempt at repentance was a bit tone-deaf, relying on my usual kind of intellectual wankery instead of real emotion.