CA'CANNY


Meaning of CA'CANNY in English

[ kα:'kani ]

■ noun Brit. dated a policy of deliberately limiting output at work.

Origin

C19 (orig. Scots in the sense 'proceed warily'): from ca' (var. of the verb call ) and canny .

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