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 Translation for 'hanky' from English to Bulgarian
NOUN   a hanky | hankies
SYNO handkerchief | hankey | hankie | ...
hanky {noun}носна кърпа {ж}
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Translation for 'hanky' from English to Bulgarian

hanky {noun}
носна кърпа {ж}
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Usage Examples English
  • They are shown to be canny participants in the city's hustle-and-bustle: playing marbles for money, setting off firecrackers, picking pockets, smoking cigars, stealing eggs and indulging in other forms of hanky-panky.
  • Those who are interested in young men - referred to as chickenhawks—are denoted in the hanky code as wearing one on the right.
  • As examined in the "Ottawa Citizen", "this odd and colourful mix of interviews, dramatizations, re-creations and naughty homoerotic hanky-panky is made in the style-reflects-content story of Bob Mizer (played by Daniel MacIvor), the man who practically invented the 1950s idea of using muscle magazines to sell sex disguised as athleticism."
  • The hanky code has recently undergone a revival and while the use of handkerchiefs may not be as prevalent, the hanky colours are a common consideration in the choice of leather and fetish gear colour.
  • It refers to any of several methods used to bilk someone of their money, and may be the origin of "hanky-panky" in the English language to mean shady dealings, trickery, etc.

  • The day was reviewed positively in the 28 December issue of the New Zealand Herald, and was found to be absent of ‘sheanannaking’ and ‘hanky-panky’ and that everything was ‘above-board’ and ‘up hill and down straight’.
  • We would stop for anyone who waved a hanky or an arm indicating they wanted to get on".
  • "Hanky Panky" is a 2020 painting by Two-spirit Cree artist Kent Monkman.
  • "Library Journal" called it a "multi-hanky read".
  • While working at the Savoy, she invented the "hanky panky", a distinctive variation on the sweet martini cocktail.

  • Ruth Trail, the protagonist, is "a female detective – a sort of spy we use in the hanky-panky way when a man would be too clumsy".
  • "His clothes are always well pressed, his hanky peeks from the top coat pocket, his glasses are always polished, and his fair hair is always neatly brushed back from his high forehead."
  • Tommy began his career when he was only 7 after his grandfather introduced him to magic by showing him the disappearing hanky trick.
  • Meanwhile Carolyn looks at the hanky she used to wipe her tears.
  • In Götting (near Bad Aibling), the teacher Hangl and the priest Grimm decided to hoist the Bavarian flag at the steeple (instead of the swastika flag, called by the priest the "red hanky"; although urged by an officer to remove the flag, they didn't obey.

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