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- noun Plural form of
chancer .
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Examples
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On the whole, hedge funds are not run by 'chancers' but by people who are trying to avoid the negative outcomes for their investments - so they invest in widgets and invest in contra-widgets so that if there is a turn against widgets, their investment in contra-widgets will avoid the worst aspects of that turn.
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To me they can aptly be described as nothing but "chancers"
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Labour had fallen into the hands of communists, 'chancers' and intriguers; but 'one could not achieve socialism by handing over the franchise to a body of Indian capitalists'.
Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 23 Ray Esther 1969
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Founder of the property website David Amstell explained that getting rid of Hips will see the return of "chancers" and "time wasters" to the market.
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Johannesburg - THE new Companies Act signals the end of the road for unqualified "chancers" who have been passing themselves off as professional accountants, an expert said last week.
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Johannesburg - THE new Companies Act signals the end of the road for unqualified "chancers" who have been passing themselves off as professional accountants, an expert said last week.
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Until London is divested of much of the UK wealth & opportunity these bubbles will continue indeed probably become more regualr as the London 'chancers' or grab it while they can merchants try to turn their annual bonuses into 6 month cycles - ah the wonderful dream of
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FF are the government and the opposition are the ones always getting attacked! what the f**k is wrong with people in this country?????? its like we enjoy being repeatedly screwed by a slimy greasy corrupt government and the "chancers" like Bertie. and blame the others?
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If anyone thought 'gideon' and his bunch of muppets and chancers lived anywhere other than 'cloud cuckoo-land' here is the incontestable truth of how they look after the ultra wealthy and highly privileged at the expense of everyone else.
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Of course journalists need to protect their collective reputation from the deliberate chancers, frauds and liars who have been surfacing in the most unlikely places.
Even if you show me yours, I'm not showing you mine | Catherine Bennett 2011
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