Meaning of carny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Flattery.
   dialectal
2. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
   countable, informal
3. The jargon used by carnival workers.
   uncountable
4. A carnival.
   countable, informal

Equivalents

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!””

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