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In Reply to: Hanky-panky posted by Helen on July 01, 2003 ... : Does anyone know the origins of the expression Hankypanky? ... See Hanky-panky - meaning and origin...
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It is believed to have derived from Hocus-Pocus, a meaningless Latin-sounding phrase used by conjurers.
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Have you ever engaged in a little bit of hanky panky? Then shame on you! But this is a rather strange phrase, so what is the origin of hanky panky then... surely it is hard to trace, perhaps even untraceable, and just one of those strange things.
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Hokkani boro or hakk'ni panki, a Romany expression meaning "great trick ... Look up hanky-panky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hanky Panky (film), a 1982 film starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanky-panky
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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here; Warning about a no-win situation, this expression comes from Dante's Inferno. ... Cock & Bull Story; The origin is tied to ancient fables wherein animals talked. The earliest known citation is from John Day's 1608 play, Law-trickes or Who Would Have Thought It. In it is the line:
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www.mindlesscrap.com/origins/more-a.htm
www.mindlesscrap.com/origins/more-a.htm
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Hanky- panky is obscure. ... For example, discover the origin of mugger and add hugger to it. Therefore (assuming that my rule is reliable), if we could trace panky to some plausible etymon (source), the riddle would be solved.
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This lock and key became the origin of our expression of hospitality, "the latch string is ... To enter or leave a house, the resident clapped his hands vigorously to summon the watchman with his key, so, all comings and goings became a matter of public record and there was little chance for "hanky panky" in old Madrid.
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The expression has been compared with Hocus Pocus, the start of a mock Latin phrase used by conjurers with the object of distracting the audience from any slight-of-hand. Our word 'Hoax' is probably derived from mock-Latin, and Hanky panky possibly a variant. ... Origin: In the Middle Ages, suspected heretics were...
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Use hanky-panky in a Sentence ... See web results for hanky-panky ... Origin: ; 1835–45; rhyming compound; cf. initial h, p of higgledy-piggledy, hocus-pocus, hodge-podge, etc...
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