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  • And while the bare-ankled account manager turns more heads than his colleague in the open collar, he is also less likely to be in violation of corporate dress code.

    Grin and Bare It Darrell Hartman 2011

  • Mr. Mashburn explained that he and his multigenerational staff all of whom regularly go bare-ankled at work don't recommend the look for everyone.

    Grin and Bare It Darrell Hartman 2011

  • There were the white _camicie_ half covering the brown robes of long-bearded, bare-ankled Cappuccini, and sheets of silver and gold in the vestments of the other clergy.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

  • Here they could sit at a small table, and look down at the market, the shoppers coming and going, stout matrons sampling sausages and cheeses, and Chinese cooks, bareheaded, bare-ankled, dressed in dark blue duck, selecting broilers and roasts.

    Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • Barefooted and bare-ankled, clothed only in a shimmering white gown that scarcely covered bare knees, and a white head-dress with a green serpent head in front, she stepped somewhat stiffly into the room.

    The Perils of Pauline Charles Goddard 1915

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