carny
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carny¹
- /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ni/
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ni
Where it comes from
Clipping of carnival + -y (“diminutive, hypocoristic suffix”).
noun carnies · carney · carnie
- A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). The Reverend Foster, self-ordained—or directly ordained by God, depending on authority cited—had an instinct for the pulse of his times stronger than that of a skilled carnie sizing up a mark.
- The jargon used by carnival workers.
- A carnival.
carny²
Where it comes from
Of unknown origin.
verb carnies · carnying · carnied · carney
- To cajole, wheedle, or coax. The crossing at St. Martin’s Church was mine fust of all; and when the other lads come to it I didn’t take no heed of ’em—only for that I’d have been a bright boy by now, but they carnied me over like; for when I tried to turn ’em off they’d say, in a carnying way, ‘Oh, let us stay on,’ so I never t
noun carney · carnie
- Flattery.
