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Definition of Canniest
1. canny [adj] - See also: canny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canniest
Literary usage of Canniest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"7»>; "and cannie wale." 241; (4) expertly : " nickin down fu' cannie," 135.
canniest, quietest : " the canniest gate, the strife il saír," 241. ..."
2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1920)
"Another revelation from army life is the great need of vocational guidance.
Here is a field for the canniest judgment ..."
3. The Bookman (1898)
"Frighten wee Telfair wi' the un- canniest o' a1 thy deil imps. And as for the
rest of them, may they burn back and front, ingate and outgate, hide, hair, ..."
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