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shankless

shankless adjective: lacking a shank.

Adjective

shankless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a shank

Origin of shankless

From shank + -less.

Questions about shankless

What does shankless mean?
Shankless means lacking a shank.
What part of speech is shankless?
Shankless is an adjective.

Words near shankless in the dictionary

  1. shankings
  2. Shankland
  3. Shanklands
  4. Shankle
  5. Shankles
  6. shankless
  7. Shanklin
  8. Shanklins
  9. shanks
  10. shanks it
  11. shanks mare

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