CHICANE


Meaning of CHICANE in English

— chicaner , n.

/shi kayn", chi-/ , n. , v. , chicaned, chicaning .

n.

1. deception; chicanery.

v.t.

2. to trick by chicanery.

3. to quibble over; cavil at.

[ 1665-75; chicane (n.), chicaner (v.), perh. schikken to arrange ]

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