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hank

[hangk] / hæŋk /


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And then Ozzy grabbed a hank of his shoulder-length brown-and-pink hair and shouted:

From Washington Post Apr. 28, 2023

"We will continue our plans to celebrate the memory of hank Aaron during this season’s All-Star festivities," Manfredi said.

From Fox News Apr. 5, 2021

My mother twisted another thick hank of hair into a scrap of cotton and sighed.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2016

The blacks and whites—the hank of Owen’s hair, the white of his sleek leather shoes—are crisp and clear while the other colors are leached if not downright absent.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2014

Inside were four coppers and a little hank of blond hair tied up with a red ribbon.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

Krymov is 67, with hanks of pale hair sweeping across a broad forehead.

From Washington Post Apr. 1, 2022

He hanks his team and allows himself one indulgence: “For those who don’t know me, now you do!”

From The Guardian Jul. 22, 2018

And then she let out a hearty laugh and struck a pose behind a Christmas tree to whose branches she had glued hanks of her hair.

From New York Times Jun. 5, 2013

“They were getting into the cornfield. They brought a good price — two hanks of wool for a new cape.”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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