ca'canny

[ kah-kan-ee, kaw- ]

/ kɑË?kÃ¦n i, kÉ”- /

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noun British Slang.

a deliberate reduction of working speed and production by workers, to express their discontent.

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Origin of ca'canny

First recorded in 1895â€“1900; literally, â€œdrive gentlyâ€; see ca', canny

Words nearby ca'canny

cabrito, cabstand, cabuya, cac-, ca-ca, ca'canny, cacao, cacao bean, cacao butter, caccia, cacciatore

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How to use ca'canny in a sentence

â€œThen I learned he can't spell and is a manager at a CPK,â€ she said.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
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So when he told me, 'You can come to my show, but you can't come to see Phoebe, and you can't come to see Riccardo, that was odd.
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â€œSorry I can't give you more, but at this time our office has no comment,â€ his spokesman, Sergio Gor, said.
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Capra is sorry he can't attend but wants both Hitch and Alma to know he is thinking of them.
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Not a word now,â€ cried Longcluse harshly, extending his hand quickly towards him; â€œI may do that which can't be undone.
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It will be a busy session; and I want to see if I can't become a useful public man.
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Terror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
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He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.
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British Dictionary definitions for ca'canny

ca'canny

/ (ËŒkÉ”Ë?Ë?kÃ¦nÉª) /

noun Scot

moderation or wariness

a policy of restricting the output of work; a go-slow
(as modifier)a ca'canny policy

Word Origin for ca'canny

C19: literally, call canny to drive gently

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