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Keeno vs Keno - What's the difference?

keeno | keno |

As nouns the difference between keeno and keno

is that keeno is (slang|derogatory) a pupil who works hard; a swot while keno is a gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

keeno

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, derogatory) A pupil who works hard; a swot.
  • * 1998 , Kevan Bleach, Raising boys' achievement in schools page 47)
    • There was a perception that a pupil could be clever, yet not a 'keeno' , so long as one's display of ability was not too overt. Such 'cool' cleverness is an attribute for the astute teacher to foster in boys!
  • * 2004 , Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching (page 18)
    • Those in the back row are the rebels, who are hoping to get away with messing around or doing some marking. Those who sit at the front are the keenos who have all the answers.
  • * 2011 , Steve Backshall, Looking For Adventure
    • I was one of my year's only sad keenos , which resulted in me at perhaps thirteen years old competing in the district sports 1500-metres event

    keno

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
  • * 1971 , Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005), page 41:
    • Memories of this night are extremely hazy. All I have, for guide-pegs, is a pocketful of keno cards and cocktail napkins, all covered with scribbled notes.