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an⋅klet

[ang-klit]
–noun
1. a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
2. an ornamental circlet worn around the ankle.

Origin:
1810–20; ankle + -let
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an·klet   (āng'klĭt)   
n.  
  1. An ornament worn around the ankle.

  2. A sock that reaches just above the ankle.

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Word Origin & History

anklet 
"ring for an ankle," 1819, from ankle, with dim. suffix -let, after bracelet.
"She was bewitched to see
The many-coloured anklets."[Shelley, 1819]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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