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chicane
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[ʃɪˈkeɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road
(e.g: the Austrian's car flew out of control and spun across the chicane)
- (in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void
- the use of deception; chicanery
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Origin
:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin
[ʃɪˈkeɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- employ chicanery
(e.g: he spends more time chicaning on texts than invoking principles)
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Origin
:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin
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