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German
Etymology
Middle High German alfanzen (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
Alfanzerei f (genitive Alfanzerei, plural Alfanzereien)
- (obsolete) farce, swindling
1784, Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe, 1. Akt, 1. Szene:Da saugt mir das Mädel—weiß Gott, was als für?—überhimmlische Alfanzereien ein, das läuft dann wie spanische Mucken ins Blut und wirft mir die Handvoll Christenthum noch gar auseinander, die der Vater mit knapper Noth soso noch zusammenhielt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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