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lank

[ langk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, lank·er, lank·est.

lank

/ læŋk /

lank

/ læŋk /

Origin of lank¹

before 1000; Middle English lanc, Old English hlanc; akin to Old High German hlanca loin, side. flank

Origin of lank¹

Old English hlanc loose

Origin of lank²

perhaps from Afrikaans lank long

The soubrette had a lank young body neatly attired in a store suit and shirt-waist.

His hair and brows and lashes were paler than straw, and his long lank figure was without either distinction or muscularity.

The master manhunter wheeled, saw the lank figure of Jeff Weedham standing in the door.

The door of the rotunda swings open, admitting the tall, lank figure of the Deputy Warden.

He had the Yankee body, lank and ribbed, and was so tall that his head seemed always looking over a transom.

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