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In the 1930 "Savoy Cocktail Book," there is a drink called a Hanky-Panky made with equal parts gin and sweet vermouth with a scant dash or two of Fernet-Branca.
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"It's just this kind of Hanky-flapping that gives people like us a bad name"
"It's just this kind of Hanky-flapping that gives people like us a bad name" Heather Carroll 2008
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The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: "It's just this kind of Hanky-flapping that gives people like us a bad name"
"It's just this kind of Hanky-flapping that gives people like us a bad name" Heather Carroll 2008
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"Hanky," said Panky, "you must get this fellow to give you lessons."
Erewhon Revisited Samuel Butler 1868
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"Hanky" refuses to write home or to speak to Mrs. Gaines (or "Emem," as he calls her), she suffers.
NYT > Home Page By LIESL SCHILLINGER 2010
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Wandering Star) which I ended up clicking on because this is my new favourite song; new bedding & big stacks of pillows; great ideas (if I do say so myself); being really really really in love; Christmas lights all over New York City; snow anticipation; when Hanky comes to visit me while I'm working; calling Hanky "the pancake" (e.g.,
galadarling.com 2009
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But the bottom line is, while I love their Tall-length leggings and Hanky Panky knockoffs, I have a major chip on my shoulder when it comes to Victoria's Secret.
Leslie Goldman: Victoria's Secret? She Simply Doesn't Eat Leslie Goldman 2011
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But the bottom line is, while I love their Tall-length leggings and Hanky Panky knockoffs, I have a major chip on my shoulder when it comes to Victoria's Secret.
Leslie Goldman: Victoria's Secret? She Simply Doesn't Eat Leslie Goldman 2011
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But the bottom line is, while I love their Tall-length leggings and Hanky Panky knockoffs, I have a major chip on my shoulder when it comes to Victoria's Secret.
Leslie Goldman: Victoria's Secret? She Simply Doesn't Eat Leslie Goldman 2011
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But the bottom line is, while I love their Tall-length leggings and Hanky Panky knockoffs, I have a major chip on my shoulder when it comes to Victoria's Secret.
Leslie Goldman: Victoria's Secret? She Simply Doesn't Eat Leslie Goldman 2011
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