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Cannier vs Pannier - What's the difference?

cannier | pannier |

As an adjective cannier

is comparative of canny.

As a noun pannier is

a large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.

cannier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (canny)

    • canny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Careful, prudent, cautious.
    • (Ramsay)
  • Knowing, shrewd, astute.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • Frugal, thrifty.
  • (Scotland, Northumbria) Pleasant, fair.
    • She's a canny lass hor like!
  • * 1783 , (Robert Burns), "Green Grow the Rashes O", Songs and Ballads
    • But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
    My arms about my dearie O;
    An' warl'y cares, an' warl'y men,
    Mae a' gae tapsalteerie O!
  • (Northumbria) Very or much.
    • That's a canny big horse, man!

    Derived terms

    * cannily * canniness

    Related terms

    * uncanny (Note: In common modern usage, "canny" and "uncanny" are no longer antonyms.)

    References

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    Anagrams

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    pannier

    English

    (wikipedia pannier)

    Noun

    (panniers)
  • A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.
  • A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
  • (historical, fashion) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.

    • Synonyms

    * (decorative basket) corbeil

    References

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