shank /ʃæŋk/
noun[
Language: Old English;
Origin: scanca]
1. [countable] a straight narrow part of a tool or object that connects the two ends:
a hammer shank2. [uncountable and countable] a piece of meat cut from the leg of an animal:
lamb shanks3. [countable usually plural] the part of an animal’s or a person’s leg between the knee and
ankle4. (on) Shanks’s pony British English old-fashioned walking, rather than using a vehicle
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