A cause passes through this court for seventeen-pence; and cannot well, by chicanery or neglect, amount to more than two shillings and nine-pence: So that ruin is not one of its imperfections.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
Outside the trio responsible for the cruel and dastardly act, I alone knew the truth how, by the Emperor's drastic action, he had prevented the secret of his chicanery leaking out to the Powers.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
A way would thus be open for prolonged chicanery.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright