carny

carnynoun詞源 1/ˈkɑː(ɹ)ni/

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  informalA 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.
  • 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!”
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  The jargon used by carnival workers.

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  informalA carnival.

carnyverb詞源 2

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  dialectalTo 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 took no heed of ’em.

carnynoun詞源 2

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  dialectalFlattery.