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won⋅ky

  [wong-kee]
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–adjective, -ki⋅er, -ki⋅est.
1. British Slang.
a. shaky, groggy, or unsteady.
b. unreliable; not trustworthy.
2. Slang. stupid; boring; unattractive.
Origin:
1920–25; perh. var. of dial. wanky, equiv. to wank(le) (ME wankel, OE wancol; see wench ) + -y 1 ; def. 1 prob. represents a different word (see wonk )
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won·ky   (wŏng'kē)   
adj.   won·ki·er, won·ki·est Chiefly British

  1. Shaky; feeble.

  2. Wrong; awry.


[Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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wonky [ˈwɔŋki]

  1. mod.
    studious. (Collegiate.) : You ought to get a little wonky yourself.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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