Definition of "carney" []

• Informal Variant of carny. (noun)

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• "In round one, Harry misses two of three, but the carney is a nice guy and a quick talker."
• "In Roustabout, the ghastly Elvis film of 1964, the only interesting sequence occurs when Elvis, who has fallen in among "carney" (or carnival) folk, is challenged to ride what he insists on calling his "motor-sickle" around the wall of death."
• "This administration is one big "carney" atmosphere; filled with lies, obfuscations, euphemisms, and shill games."