carny
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Is carny a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).Examples: "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."; "Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”"Synonyms: showiecountableinformal
2. (uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.uncountable
3. (informal, countable) A carnival.countableinformal
verb (English)
1. (dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.Examples: "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 took no heed of ’em."dialectal
noun (English)
1. (dialectal) Flattery.dialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary