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"ref": "2003, Bret Witter, Carnival Undercover, page 88",
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},
{
"ref": "2003, Bret Witter, Carnival Undercover, page 88",
"text": "The carny's goal is to get you to keep playing the game, and plunking down cash, until you get enough credits to trade up to a better prize. For this reason, hanky-panks are commonly referred to as trade-ups. The classic hanky-pank is Duck Pond (sometimes played as Fish Pond).",
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"text": "Not everything was a flattie. \"This here 'Fish the Bottle' is hanky-pank,\" Tommy noted, which in the carney's twisted lingo meant it was honest.",
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},
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},
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"text": "Look here,\" said Jones ; \" I don't want to be rude, but none of your hanky-pank.\"",
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},
{
"ref": "1909 -, Donald Grayson -, Bob Steele's Motor Cycle: Or, True to His Friends, page 13",
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