different between showie vs carny
showie
English
Etymology
show +? -ie
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??i
Noun
showie (plural showies)
- (Australia) One who works with a travelling show; a carny.
showie From the web:
carny
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??(?)ni/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ni
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- carney
- carnie
Noun
carny (countable and uncountable, plural carnies)
- (informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
- 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, Part , Chapter , p. 276,[1]
- 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.
- Synonym: showie (Australia)
- 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, Part , Chapter , p. 276,[1]
- (uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.
- (informal, countable) A carnival.
Translations
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- carney
Verb
carny (third-person singular simple present carnies, present participle carnying, simple past and past participle carnied)
- (dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.
Noun
carny
- (dialectal) Flattery.
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
- Caryn, Cryan
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- zarny (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *??rn?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?tsarn?]
Adjective
carny
- black
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- carny in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- carny in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
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