Scandiknavery
nounEtymology
Blend of Scandinavian + knavery. Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his 1939 novel Finnegans Wake (see quotation below).
Definitions
Duplicity by or involving Scandinavians.
- For to sod the brave son of Scandiknavery.
- Mrs. Christiani twice […] guesses that Kierkegaard may be behind this bit of Scandiknavery.
- In other words, had the [Viking] site in Maine been “salted?” Was this simply a new and audacious case of “Scandiknavery?”
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA