Antonyms for hanky-panky

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hang-kee-pang-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæŋ kiˈpæŋ ki

Definition of hanky-panky

Origin : also hanky panky, 1841, "trickery," British slang, possibly a variant of hoky-poky "deception, fraud," altered from hocus-pocus.

noun monkey business

Example sentences :

If there was any hanky-panky, I couldn't see how he planned to work it.
Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett

Another piece of hanky-panky frequently practised on the stage requires two performers.
Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew

I tell you, there's more in that Eastern hanky-panky than meets the eye; beyond that I'll offer no opinion.
Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

If you play any hanky-panky tricks—look here, Da Souza, I'll kill you, sure!
Extract from : « A Millionaire of Yesterday » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Some hanky-panky with regimental money; every one knows how India plays the devil with a man's sense of right and wrong.
Extract from : « Alone » by Norman Douglas

Oh, no, the Bedouins know the English Government won't allow any hanky-panky.
Extract from : « Afterwards » by Kathlyn Rhodes

Did he sing anything about somebody's bein' his darlin' hanky-panky and wearin' a number two?
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

These scientists have worked miracles before which those of the ancient priests and magicians are mere tricks of hanky-panky.
Extract from : « God and my Neighbour » by Robert Blatchford

But there must be no hanky-panky, no sharp practice with caddies; every sponge must be put down by one of the players in person.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 » by Various

I'll put up with no hanky-panky work from Mrs. Cummers Portheris, my dear—and well she knows it!'
Extract from : « An American Girl in London » by Sara Jeannette Duncan

Synonyms for hanky-panky

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