ˈhooky-ˈcrooky, a. and n.
[Cf. hook n.1 14.]
A. adj. Not straightforward, perverse, dishonest. B. n. An underhand act or practice.
| 1830 Galt Lawrie T. v. iv. 205 He was coming round me with one of his hooky-crookies. 1833 Fraser's Mag. VIII. 201 [They] manage to keep themselves..by hookey-crookey gambling ways, as brother Jonathan would say. |