Vocabulary Word
Word: canny
Definition: shrewd in money matters; thrifty
Definition: shrewd in money matters; thrifty
Sentences Containing 'canny'
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT LONG, WILLIS ELLERY, NATHAN COLEMAN, WALTER CANNY, SETH MACY, AND SAMUEL GLEIG, Forming one of the boats' crews OF THE SHIP ELIZA Who were towed out of sight by a Whale, On the Off-shore Ground in the PACIFIC, December 31st, 1839.
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