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shankers

shankers is the plural of shanker.

Meaning of shanker

Noun

shanker (plural shankers)

  1. One who shanks a golf ball.
    • Littler said he didn't shank it; rather he called it a soft pop-up, but us old hard-core shankers weren't so generous .1975, Blackie Sherrod, Scattershooting
  2. One who glues the shank into a shoe.
    • A shank-cutter cuts with a die that part of the shank which is composed of leather or leather board. […] A shanker tacks the shank in place, cuts away the superfluous upper leather gathered under the toe, beats the edge of the upper out […]1913, Leon Carroll Marshall, Chester Whitney Wright, James Alfred Field, Materials for the Study of Elementary Economics, page 202

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Proper noun capitalized: Shankers

Shankers

  1. (plural) plural of Shanker

Questions about shankers

What is shankers the plural of?
Shankers is the plural of shanker.
What part of speech is shankers?
Shankers is a proper noun.

Words near shankers in the dictionary

  1. shanked
  2. shanked it
  3. Shankella
  4. Shankend
  5. shanker
  6. shankers
  7. shankest
  8. shankha
  9. shankhas
  10. Shankill
  11. shanking

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