Usually means: Worker at traveling carnival or fair.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word carny:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. carny: Merriam-Webster
  2. carny, carny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. carny: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Carny, carny: Wordnik
  6. carny: Wiktionary
  7. carny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. carny (carney): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. carny: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. carny: Dictionary.com
  11. Carny (band), Carny (disambiguation), Carny (film), Carny, The Carny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. carny: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. carny, carny: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See carneys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (carny)

noun:  (informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
noun:  (uncountable) The jargon used by carnival workers.
noun:  (informal, countable) A carnival.
verb:  (dialectal) To cajole, wheedle, or coax.
noun:  (dialectal) Flattery.

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