Shanker vs Spanker - What's the difference?
shanker | spanker |
Someone who spanks.
An instrument used to give someone a spanking or spank, such as a paddle.
(nautical) A fore and aft gaff-rigged sail on the aft-most mast of a square-rigged vessel.
(dated, music) A musician who plays his instrument well.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A small coin.
* 1772 , The Town and Country Magazine (volume 4, page 344)
(dated) One who takes long, quick strides in walking.
(dated) A swift horse.
(dated) Something very large, or larger than usual; a whopper.
As nouns the difference between shanker and spanker
is that shanker is obsolete form of chancre while spanker is someone who spanks.spanker
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Totten)
- Egad, Jack, I am glad to see you, for I want a few spankers .
