shinanigan
shinanigan is the alternative spelling of shenanigan.
Meaning of shenanigan
Noun
shenanigan (countable and uncountable, plural shenanigans)
- Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour; skulduggery, trickery; also, mischievous behaviour or play; high jinks.
- One of Professor [John] Moon's most astonishing "experiments," consisted of holding a watch suspended from a short chain at arm's length, and allowing anyone in the pit to pull pistol and "blaze away" at the word "fire," whereupon the watch would most unconscionably disappear. An individual who had...1855 September, “Mr. Soap’s Yachting Excursion”, in Yankee-notions, volume IV, number 9, New York, N.Y.: T. W. Strong, […], →OCLC, page 280, column 1
Forms of shinanigan
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Questions about shinanigan
- What is shinanigan the alternative spelling of?
- Shinanigan is the alternative spelling of shenanigan.
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