See skank on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1965 March, “Youths compile slang book to develop literacy”, in Ebony, page 98:",
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"ref": "2017 March 30, Hayley Minn, “Josie Gibson reveals she's found 'The One' a week after splitting from 'skank' ex as she talks new dating show”, in Daily Mirror:",
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "move your legs! (walk on, keep moving)",
"text": "rör på skankarna!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a leg (human or animal)"
],
"links": [
[
"leg",
"leg"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "skånk"
}
],
"word": "skank"
}
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