Meaning of Scandiknavery | Babel Free

Definitions

Duplicity by or involving Scandinavians.

nonce-word, uncountable

Examples

“For to sod the brave son of Scandiknavery.”

“Mrs. Christiani twice […] guesses that Kierkegaard may be behind this bit of Scandiknavery.”

“In other words, had the [Viking] site in Maine been “salted?” Was this simply a new and audacious case of “Scandiknavery?””

“However, some myth elements that a few other Norwegian-American promoters tried to make part of the Norwegian-American homemaking argument may more readily be dismissed as what Michael Musmanno in an angry moment has called “Scandiknavery.” One such myth was […] that George Washington was of Norwegian descent.”

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