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carnie

noun

Meaning

  1. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
  2. The jargon used by carnival workers.
  3. A carnival.
  4. A proponent of carnism; one who supports the practice of eating meat and using other animal products.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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