hanky-pank
(slang) A carnival game which guarantees a winner.
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(slang) A carnival game which guarantees a winner.
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To engage in hanky-panky.
He knew why he was so deeply angry: this situation had corrupted a fine young engineer, had lost him to the profession, while he, Drew, had hanky-panked with the enemy in the deluded belief that the conflict was not real.
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