conny

See also: Conny

English

Etymology

Compare canny, cunning.

Adjective

conny (comparative more conny, superlative most conny)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) brave; fine; canny
    • 1763, Charles Churchill, The Prophecy of Famine: A Scots Pastoral:
      As down the bray he march'd with ample stride;
      David as conny a man as one might see,
      With whom he often crack'd with muckle glee

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