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- noun Plural form of
shank . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shank .
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Examples
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Despite all that, despite finding what they call shanks -- these are shaved-off pieces of metal that come from doorknobs.
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But did they have those lamb shanks from the music video?
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Mr. Dodge has struggled with consistency, lofting some high, arcing deep punts, but also mixing in shanks, and worse, line drives.
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Many McKean inmates will also say that they do not carry "shanks" -- homemade knives or blades -- because they don't need them.
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In prison such weapons are called shanks, an ugly word completely suitable to their ugly purpose.
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They show Burton chasing Marsh in the corridors of the prison wing, the two knives, known as shanks in prison slang, in his hands.
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Large discs may easily be cut from sheet glass by drawing a circular diamond cut, and gradually breaking away the outer parts by the aid of additional cuts and a pair of pliers or "shanks" (see Fig. 44).
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"They are a whole lot better than 'shanks' mare, 'Elder," said the young girl, laughing.
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The stilts, or _chanques_, of which our word "shanks" is supposed to be the origin, become rarer and rarer.
In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller"
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Beginning next week, prison officials in Indiana will begin using a new system that tests trace amounts of DNA left on "shanks," cell phones and other contraband used by inmates.
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