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cankles

cankles is the plural of cankle.

Meaning of cankle

Noun

cankle (plural cankles)

  1. (derogatory, usually) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
    • Hey, all l’m saying is she’s got cankles, for God’s sake. What? Cankles! She’s got no ankles. It’s like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman.2001, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Shallow Hal

Questions about cankles

What is cankles the plural of?
Cankles is the plural of cankle.

Words near cankles in the dictionary

  1. cankery
  2. cankin
  3. canking
  4. cankins
  5. cankle
  6. cankles
  7. Canklow
  8. cankred
  9. canks
  10. canky
  11. Canköy

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