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clancy

English

Etymology

From Clancy of the Overflow, a character in a poem of that name (also in The Man from Snowy River) by Australian poet Banjo Patterson.

Noun

clancy (plural clancies)

  1. An overflow or spillage.
    • 1971, David Ireland, The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
      They'd had a clancy [] . He had dozed off with the water running and there was water slopping everywhere.

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chancy

English

Etymology

chance +? -y

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ænsi

Adjective

chancy (comparative chancier, superlative chanciest)

  1. uncertain, risky, hazardous
  2. subject to chance; random
  3. (dated, colloquial) lucky; bringing good luck

Synonyms

  • (risky): dicey, iffy

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