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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang Devious or mischievous activity.
  2. n. Slang Illicit sexual activity.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Jugglery; trickery; legerdemain. Also spelled hankey-pankey.

Wiktionary

  1. n. mischievous behaviour, dishonest or shady activity. ("I think there was some hanky-panky with the last election.")
  2. n. sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
  3. n. a debaucherous act; a sexual act that is considered inappropriate.

Etymologies

  1. Possibly a corruption of the Romani expression hakk'ni panki ("great trick", "big con" and hence "shady dealings"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of hokey-pokey, alteration of hocus-pocus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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