Scandiknavery
English
Etymology
Blend of Scandinavian + knavery. A nonce word coined by James Joyce (see quotation below).
Noun
Scandiknavery (uncountable)
- (very rare, informal) Duplicity by Scandinavians.
- 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, OCLC 715577589; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, OCLC 867955333:
- For to sod the brave son of Scandiknavery.
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