shanks

shanks

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1. n a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg n the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle n cylinder forming a long narrow part of something n cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head n cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill n the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole n lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals n a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball v hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction Source: ecdict

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