Carny
American slang term for carnival employee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about carnival employees and carnival slang. For other uses, see Carny (disambiguation).
Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee operates a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab", "popper", or "floss wagon"), or ride ("ride jock") at a carnival. The term "showie" is used synonymously in Australia, while "showman" is used in the United Kingdom.[1]