anklebone

Example Sentences

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And sometimes, people wandering through the pathless plain hear the pipe, and then they say, 'That is Little Anklebone, who was eaten by a wolf ages ago!'*

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

And Little Anklebone sat by the milken pond and piped away on his shepherd's pipe.

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

She was wonderstruck, especially when Little Anklebone, from his seat under the tree, called out, 'Fill your jar, mother!

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

In the course of the story in the original, Little Anklebone calls himself Giteta Ram, an interesting instance of the process of the formation of Panjâbî proper names.

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie