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"text": "The politician gave a canny response to the reporter's questions.",
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"text": "1723-1737, Allan Ramsay, \"Love Inviting Reason\", in The Tea-Table Miscellany\nO ! as thou art bonny , be prudent and canny,\nAnd think on thy Jamie wha dotes upon thee"
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"text": "The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted.",
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"ref": "2005 May 8, Paul Harris, “How canny Paris turned into a global business brand”, in The Guardian",
"text": "‘Paris Hilton is A-list. She's a genuinely really big star,’ said Professor Robert Thompson, a popular culture expert at Syracuse University. She's also a canny money-making machine.",
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"ref": "2022 March 29, Bret Stephens, “What if Putin Didn’t Miscalculate?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "Then again, in war, politics and life, it’s always wiser to treat your adversary as a canny fox, not a crazy fool.",
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"ref": "1751, Allan Ramsay, “The Gentle Shepherd”, in Poems by Allan Ramsay, published 1751",
"text": "Whate'er he wins, I'll guide with canny care.",
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"text": "She's a canny lass hor like!",
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"ref": "1783, Robert Burns, “Green Grow the Rashes O”, in Songs and Ballads",
"roman": "Mae a' gae tapsalteerie O!",
"text": "But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,\nMy arms about my dearie O;\nAn' warl'y cares, an' warl'y men,",
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"text": "drive canny",
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"ref": "1998 August 20, Kallel, Four speakers are a pain in the ass ;P, in 3dfx.products.voodoo2",
"text": "The rear sounds sounded canny compared to the front ones. And you also have to adjust the volume so both pair of speakers are at the same level, […]"
},
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"ref": "2000 October 17, Dreamin Man, “Lexicon MPX 100?”, in rec.audio.pro (Usenet)",
"text": "I am using the stereo outs, I am getting nice reverb out of it but the probelm is the entire sound is like i said like its coming through a can. even when in bypass mode it sound \"canny\".\nThank you for your input.\nStacey",
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"ref": "2001 October 8, Philippe, “Antwerp - what a disappointment !!!!”, in alt.music.depeche-mode (Usenet)",
"text": "I was approch. 3 meters from the stage and the sound was very good from there. But if you had seats way up at the sides or at the back I can understand that you could have experienced a \"canny\" sound.",
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"ref": "2006 March 23, The Chris, “Re: Best Distortion Under $100”, in alt.guitar (Usenet)",
"text": "The metal zone is too 'canny'.... Boss has a handful of great distortions - DS-1, Mega Distortion, DS-2, Heavy Metal....",
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},
{
"ref": "2010 May 24, nm...@wt.net, “FlipHD Saturday SECTR5 LittleWing”, in alt.guitar (Usenet)",
"text": "Not bad.. Although I think the 290 might have a slight edge on video crispness, I think the audio is better on the ultra HD. Hear more low end, and slightly less canny sounding from what I can tell.",
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"(especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can."
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