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单词 hanky-panky
释义
hanky-pankyhank‧y-pank‧y /ˌhæŋki -ˈpæŋki/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhanky-panky
Origin:
1800-1900 Probably from hocus-pocus
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Worth may have been involved in some financial hanky-panky.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Instead of a warm and fuzzy public relations tour during campaign season, she now faces endless questions about supposed hanky-panky.
  • It was a control on monetary hanky-panky, otherwise known as inflation.
  • There must be some hanky-panky, Loewenthal surmised.
informal sexual activity – used humorously
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