ca'cannyn.
/kaˈkani/ Moderation, caution; spec. the practice of ‘going slow’ at work; a deliberate policy of limiting output of work. Frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [adjective] > type of protest
ca'canny1896
go-slow1902
go-easy1916
slowdown1919
work-to-rule1920
society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > protest > forms of
rattening1828
polytechnic1835
restriction1852
lockout1853
ca'canny1896
restrictive practice1896
go-slow1920
hartal1920
lock-in1920
working to rule1920
work-to-rule1920
cacannyism1921
job actionc1926
slowdown1926
gherao1967
work-in1967
work-to-contract1969
sick-out1970
sick-in1974
siege action1977
1896 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 1/3 He was the first English Labour leader to reduce to a fine art the ‘ca'conny’ policy so well known in Western America.
1896 Seamen's Chron. 24 Oct. in Times 18 Nov. (1901) 10/1 What is ca'canny? It is a simple and handy phrase which is used to describe a new instrument or policy which may be used by the workers in place of a strike.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 25 Apr. 8/1 A ‘ca-canny’ policy said to have been deliberately adopted by certain trade union officials.
1923 J. D. Hackett Labor Terms in Managem. Engin. May Ca'Canny,..taking it easy at work as a protest against labor conditions or the general policy of the employer.
1958 Economist 29 Nov. 784/1 The teaching staff defends itself skilfully from battle to battle with cynicism and ca'canny.
Derivatives
caˈcannyism n.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > protest > forms of
rattening1828
polytechnic1835
restriction1852
lockout1853
ca'canny1896
restrictive practice1896
go-slow1920
hartal1920
lock-in1920
working to rule1920
work-to-rule1920
cacannyism1921
job actionc1926
slowdown1926
gherao1967
work-in1967
work-to-contract1969
sick-out1970
sick-in1974
siege action1977
1921 Glasgow Herald 17 June 6 Mr. Ramsay Macdonald recommends ‘a magnificently organised system of passive resistance’, which, plainly interpreted by his followers, means Ca'-cannyism.
1926 W. S. Bruce Salt & Sense 186 To-day we have a new word for a novel disease, which began first on the Clyde. It is called ‘Ca'cannyism’.
caˈcannyness n. (also caˈcanniness) ca'canny policy or behaviour; caution.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun]
wareness971
warelinessc1000
warningc1000
beseeing1340
cautel1531
warefulness1548
wariness1552
chariness1571
circumspectness1581
circumspection1598
warisomeness1607
guard1609
cautionateness1619
cautelousnessa1624
cautiona1639
cautiousness1649
guardedness1807
cacannyness1917
pussy-footedness1917
pussyfooting1956
leeriness1961
1917 Glasgow Herald 9 Aug. 3/7 The letter..unintentionally detracts, by its extreme ‘ca'cannyness’, from the merits of the proposed scheme.
1963 Economist 16 Mar. 976/2 The entrenched forces of ca'canniness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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