havey-cavey
/ˌheɪviˈkeɪvi/adjective
That seems or is considered to be dishonest, devious, or untrustworthy; ‘dodgy’. Now archaic and historical.
Origin
Late 18th century (in an earlier sense). Origin uncertain; perhaps from have- + -y, with reduplication (with variation of the initial consonant).
- fictionist
- fiction writer
- fictitious
- fictitiously
- fictitiousness
- fictive
- fictiveness
- ficus
- fid
- fidayeen
- Fid. Def.
- fiddle
- fiddleback
- fiddle-de-dee
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddle-footed
- fiddlehead
- fiddlehead fern
- fiddlehead green
- fiddle pattern
- fiddler
- fiddler crab
- Fiddler's Green
- fiddlestick
- fiddle while Rome burns