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"derived": [
{
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"word": "bit shank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "greenshank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ham shank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Longshanks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "redshank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"of the foreleg"
],
"topics": [
"bone",
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
],
"word": "shankbone"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shank-iron"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shank-nag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shank-painter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shanks' mare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shanks' nag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shanks' pony"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shank-weary"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "umbroshank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "velvet shank"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)keng-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "schanke"
},
"expansion": "Middle English schanke",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sċanca",
"4": "",
"5": "leg"
},
"expansion": "Old English sċanca (“leg”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*skankō"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skankō",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skankô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skankô",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "skonk"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian skonk",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Schanke"
},
"expansion": "Low German Schanke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Schenkel",
"3": "",
"4": "shank, leg"
},
"expansion": "German Schenkel (“shank, leg”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skank"
},
"expansion": "Danish skank",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "skank"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian skank",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*skankaz"
},
"expansion": "*skankaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "skakkr",
"3": "",
"4": "wry, crooked"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)keng-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "scingim",
"3": "",
"4": "I spring"
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "σκάζω",
"3": "",
"4": "to limp"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "shanks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "shank (plural shanks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle."
],
"id": "en-shank-en-noun-DAGQeQxi",
"links": [
[
"leg",
"leg"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "skenkel"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕurqūb",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عُرْقُوب"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕarʔūb",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "عرقوب"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "srunkʿ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "սրունք"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ṭheṅ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "ঠেং"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podbedrica",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подбедрица"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "garra"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bérec"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "onderbeen"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schenkel"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "kruro"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in humans",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "sääri"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in animals",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "potka"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jambe"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "canela"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Unterschenkel"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "lábszár"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leggur"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "sääri"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spanla"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lorga"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gamba"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gambe"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legg"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "incik",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "اینجك"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bacak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "باجاق"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qalam-e pâ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "قلم پا"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "goleń"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canela"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gambă"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in humans",
"roman": "gólenʹ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "го́лень"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in horses",
"roman": "pljusná",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "плюсна́"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potkoljenica"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gnjat"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "lýtko"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "holeň"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "píšťala"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 9 2 8 0 9 9 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "homilka",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гомілка"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Meat from that part of an animal."
],
"id": "en-shank-en-noun-pjXzMw98",
"links": [
[
"Meat",
"meat"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "artala",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "արտալա"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "džolan",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "джолан"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "koot"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "potka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"english": "front leg",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "etupotka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"english": "hind leg",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "takapotka"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jarret"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳanč̣i",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "კანჭი"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beinstück"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hachse"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlê",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κωλῆ"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlḗn",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κωλήν"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stinco"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puli"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sardast",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "سردست"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rasol"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "lýtko"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 56 1 5 1 5 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "incik"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Ornithology",
"orig": "en:Ornithology",
"parents": [
"Zoology",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "1 3 1 10 1 7 2 3 8 3 4 1 2 2 2 5 2 10 11 3 2 6 2 2 4 1 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Body parts",
"orig": "en:Body parts",
"parents": [
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "0 0 0 15 0 1 8 0 11 9 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 15 1 5 5 0 7 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Footwear",
"orig": "en:Footwear",
"parents": [
"Clothing",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs."
],
"id": "en-shank-en-noun-Aj46-DQj",
"links": [
[
"ornithology",
"ornithology"
],
[
"redshank",
"redshank"
],
[
"greenshank",
"greenshank"
],
[
"Old World",
"Old World"
],
[
"wading birds",
"wading birds"
],
[
"Tringa",
"Tringa"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"ornithology"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 56 1 5 0 2 8 3 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 7 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gamba"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 56 1 5 0 2 8 3 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 7 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulit",
"sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "улит"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem."
],
"id": "en-shank-en-noun-LzOHT2uk",
"links": [
[
"straight",
"straight"
],
[
"narrow",
"narrow"
],
[
"object",
"object"
],
[
"key",
"key"
],
[
"anchor",
"anchor"
],
[
"shaft",
"shaft"
],
[
"stem",
"stem"
]
],
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{
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],
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"en:Golf"
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{
"ref": "1953, Arnold Gingrich, The Esquire Treasury",
"text": "To a good golfer a shank is disgracefuller than being dead drunk or in jail.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft."
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"golf",
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"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, Stormzy, Mura Masa (lyrics and music), “Mr Skeng” (track 1), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy",
"text": "LBC's tryna blackball me / And tryna blame your boy for knife crime (Like, what?) / I don't use a shank, I got money in the bank / Man, I'd rather do a drive-by",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Casey Diaz, Mike Yorkey, The Shot Caller […], Emanate Books, page 76",
"text": "One of the shot callers' responsibilities was to control the shanks within the prison population—the crude homemade knives used for stabbing another prisoner.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An improvised stabbing weapon."
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],
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}
],
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]
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"button"
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]
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"architecture",
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"lifestyle",
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"printing",
"publishing"
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"text": "the shank of the morning",
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"ref": "1945, Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, page 92",
"text": "AMANDA: Going now? You're joking! Why, it's only the shank of the evening, Mr. O’Connor!",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "skenkel"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕurqūb",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عُرْقُوب"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕarʔūb",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "عرقوب"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "srunkʿ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "սրունք"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ṭheṅ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "ঠেং"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podbedrica",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подбедрица"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "garra"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bérec"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "onderbeen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schenkel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "kruro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in humans",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "sääri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in animals",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "potka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jambe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "canela"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Unterschenkel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "lábszár"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leggur"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "sääri"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spanla"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lorga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gamba"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "gambe"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legg"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "incik",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "اینجك"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bacak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "باجاق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qalam-e pâ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "قلم پا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "goleń"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canela"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gambă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in humans",
"roman": "gólenʹ",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "го́лень"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "in horses",
"roman": "pljusná",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "плюсна́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potkoljenica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gnjat"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "lýtko"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "holeň"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"word": "píšťala"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "homilka",
"sense": "lower part of the leg",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гомілка"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "artala",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "արտալա"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "džolan",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "джолан"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "koot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "potka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "front leg",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "etupotka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "hind leg",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "takapotka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jarret"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳanč̣i",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "კანჭი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Beinstück"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hachse"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlê",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κωλῆ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlḗn",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κωλήν"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stinco"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puli"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sardast",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "سردست"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rasol"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "lýtko"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meat from that part of animal",
"word": "incik"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "steržen",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стержен"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dřík"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"word": "varsi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tringle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gambo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stérženʹ",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сте́ржень"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stryženʹ",
"sense": "straight, narrow part of an object",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стрижень"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "The centre part of a fishhook",
"word": "koreke"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
"word": "kahva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
"word": "otin"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
"word": "ripa"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xvostovík",
"sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хвостови́к"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xvostovyk",
"sense": "protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "хвостовик"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "part of curb bit",
"word": "varsi"
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{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "gamba"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulit",
"sense": "a bird of the genus Tringa",
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"masculine"
],
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"To travel on foot."
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"To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants."
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"ref": "1861, Charles Darwin, Cause of the variation of flowers",
"text": "the gerrnens of these swelled, and on four out of the six I have now got fine pods, above 1% inch in length, with the seeds externally visible; whereas the flower stalks of the many other flowers all shanked off.",
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"ref": "2000, The Indian Textile Journal (volume 110, issues 7-12)",
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}
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"ref": "1986 March 6, \"Factory Work\" [Poetry, 147], quoted in 2009, Deborah Boe, The Girl of the Early Race: Poems, Gegensatz Press",
"text": "I take those metal shanks, slide the backs of them in glue and make them lie down on the shoe-bottoms, […] Last week they ran a contest to see which shankers shanked fastest. I'm not embarrassed to say I beat them all."
}
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