Hank vs Lank - What's the difference?
hank | lank |
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(archaic) A diminutive of the given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
* Meager and lank with fasting grown. - .
* Who would not choose ... to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? - .
* Blacks in the fields, lank'' and stooped, their fingers spiderlike among the bolls of cotton. - 1985 , chapter 1.
(of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (often associated with being greasy)
* Lank hair, long, thin hair. -
(obsolete) languid; drooping.
* Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. -
As nouns the difference between hank and lank
is that hank is a coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope while lank is a link (connection).As a verb hank
is to form into hanks.hank
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(s)Anagrams
* * English diminutives of male given nameslank
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