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Meaning of hoky-poky | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Fraudulent; trickish.

Examples

“Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean, oh!”
“And that hoky-poky owner smiled a grim and sordid smile⟳ / As he saw⟳ his vessel vanish round a corner of the isle !”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

holacratic holandric holangiotic holarctic holaspid holaspidean

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