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Examples

  • Yet Ca 'Canny is a disastrous thing to the British laborer.

    THE SCAB 2010

  • Canny is using discount coupons, stingy is refusing to go near a shop unless you have said coupons.

    Scrimping on cash before payday 2007

  • Yet Ca 'Canny is a disastrous thing to the British laborer.

    THE SCAB 1905

  • When we’re by Loch Ness you’ll hear another one called the Canny Caledonian Clink.

    The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001

  • But the British laborer's policy of Ca 'Canny, which is the very honorable one of giving least for most, and which is likewise the policy of the English capitalist, is nevertheless frowned upon by the English capitalist whose business existence is threatened by the great American Scab.

    THE SCAB 2010

  • But the British laborer's policy of Ca 'Canny, which is the very honorable one of giving least for most, and which is likewise the policy of the English capitalist, is nevertheless frowned upon by the English capitalist whose business existence is threatened by the great American Scab.

    THE SCAB 1905

  • But the British laborer's policy of Ca 'Canny, which is the very honorable one of giving least for most, and which is likewise the policy of the English capitalist, is nevertheless frowned upon by the

    The Scab 1904

  • But the British laborer's policy of Ca 'Canny, which is the very honorable one of giving least for most, and which is likewise the policy of the English capitalist, is nevertheless frowned upon by the English capitalist whose business existence is threatened by the great American Scab.

    The Scab 1904

  • Canny Thomas Cosgriff noticed a need for banks and began attaching them to his various stores.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • The English laborer is faithful to the policy of Ca 'Canny.

    THE SCAB 2010

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