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Chancery Lane

Noun meaning to take a chance, or a decision at random. Also used as a metaphorical road, implying someone is taking a risk.

(Named after the London tube station on the Central Line.)
'Let's take a Chancery Lane'.

or

'Sounds a bit risky, you're walking down Chancery Lane here..'
Chancery Lane by East-end wordary September 21, 2011

Apple Chancery 

The classiest goddamn font on Microsoft Word. It reminds one of the simpler times when people wore dumb shit like aprons all day and ran around in orchards singing religious songs and making friends with other white supremacists.
"Did you see that KKK recruitment pamphlet? What was that font?"
"How can you not know that? It's Apple Chancery. You are a dirty motherfucking whore for asking me that question."
1: A person unable and/or unqualified to carry out a specific task.
2: A person who is reckless in their behaviour.
Can also be used in a derogatory or humourous manner.
You would think that chancer would have hired a qualified engineer to fix that faulty electricity pylon.
chancer by irritaant June 13, 2003
British slang for a scheming opportunist. Usually, it means someone who acts "kind" and takes advantage of a situation and manipulates said individual(s), without their consent. And later exploits it for their own gain.

The American term is: opportunist or swooper
The Polish female immigrant chancer married the rich English noble in hoping that she would later rake in billions of his pounds. Then divorced him and took at least half of his money.

See: gold-digger
outgoing and very knowledgeable. is very hyper and funny, but sometimes acts clueless.
chancey is soo ... idk
chancey by abby January 17, 2004
Chancer: to push one's luck. To stay in the game a wee bit too long. To believe one is above repute. To annoy someone to the extent that they are bound to get a headbutt.
Mayday Malone, Haloween XIII(Thanksgiving), Survivor Antarctica, Keyshawn Johnson, Rob Johnson, Brad Johnson, People who say fo shizzle mo crepes. French people from France or Quebec and American's (generally)
Chancer by Jeremy November 26, 2003
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