I'm pretty sure that hanky panky was a modification of hokey pokey. So, the words speak for themselves.
If a couple are canoodling (that's a medical term) and it turns into hanky panky (a legal term) which one of them hanks and which panks?
I'm pretty sure that hanky panky was a modification of hokey pokey. So, the words speak for themselves.
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