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wanchancy
a. 1 (context dialectal chiefly Scotland English) unlucky; unchancy. 2 (context dialectal chiefly Scotland English) wicked.
Usage examples of "wanchancy".
Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming.