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shank

noun as in shaft

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This flexible, lightweight, rugged moccasin features a graphene-enhanced rubber outsole and bombproof shank plate for cleat-like traction.

It’s a lamb shank from Marhaba, a new counter at the Tysons food court.

The grandest meat, on the other hand, is braised lamb shank.

If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.

Seager writes about being threatened by a patient with a shank carved out of an eyeglass stem.

It is one of the only times I can think of when life imitates art to the very bleeding edge of an aluminum shank.

You see, the victim can slip up behind you on any given day and stick a shank in your ribs—or pay someone else to do it.

Everyone complains that Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray shank shots but stubbornly stick to the same strategy.

Its only the shank of the evening, officer, rejoined the old man, as he fumbled with the latch key and finally opened the door.

The invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.

The Cad bait, with a little hackle round the top of the shank of the hook, kills well.

Who dat er woicin' dat hebbenly pocklermashun outen dar in de shank o' de night?

A stout shank was gripped by the split wood, and strongly bound in its socket with a thong of hide.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shank, such as: crus, leg, meat, shin, stalk, and stem.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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