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单词 hanky-panky
释义 han·ky-pan·ky
I. \-|paŋkē\ noun
also hankey-pankey
(plural hanky-pankies also hankey-pankeys)
Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by handkerchief) of hocus-pocus
1. : questionable, deceitful, or fraudulent activity : trickery : mischief
 < there's been some hanky-panky going on, and we haven't got to the bottom of it — F.W.Crofts >
 < wanted things to be completely above board and no hanky-panky >
 < while the philandering physician was playing hanky-panky with his patients — Alan Hynd >
2. : meaningless or foolish activity or talk
 < people went in for too much hullabaloo and hanky-panky — John Steinbeck >
 < had a thorough grasp of the political and social hanky-panky of his period — Time >
II. noun
: sexual dalliance
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