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slanks

slanks is the plural of slank.

Meaning of slank

Noun

slank (plural slanks)

  1. (UK, US, dialectal) A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of a river, lake, or cove which is filled with water during freshet(s).
    • […] The board of health had prohibited the sale of ice cut from the "slank," because water in the "slank" was said to be polluted. The ice dealers, however, contend that the city of Patterson has no right to pollute the river and thus hurt their business, […] stopping the sale of "slank" ice, […]1897, Ice and Refrigeration, page 269

Questions about slanks

What is slanks the plural of?
Slanks is the plural of slank.

Words near slanks in the dictionary

  1. slangy
  2. slanhood
  3. slank
  4. slanket
  5. slankets
  6. slanks
  7. slannish
  8. slans
  9. slanshack
  10. slanshacks
  11. slant

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