الواصلة
hank·y-pank·yالمترادفات
amour,
chicane,
chicanery,
dalliance,
deception,
devilry,
dirty pool,
double-dealing,
fling,
flirtation,
fooling around,
fourberie,
fraud,
funny business,
hankie-pankieالنطق
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[ "ha[ng]-kE-'pa[ng]-kE ] (noun.) 1841. Possibly a corruption of hakk'ni panki, a Romani ("Gypsy") expression for a "great trick" or "big con," hence "shady dealings."Gresham, William Lindsay. Monster Midway, a book about circus life and side-shows. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1954. (some of the chapters in this book appeared as articles in the following magazines: , Life, Esquire, True, and . Reference copied from Wikipedia