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Definition of manky in English: mankyadjectivemankier, mankiest ˈmaŋki British informal 1Inferior; worthless. he wanted recruits for his manky bee-keeping society Example sentencesExamples - My most feeble Harvest Festival gift was a few apples harvested from our manky back garden tree and a nearly unopened jar of raspberry jam.
- The titles mask more than mere manky hanky panky.
- I like being able to work in a manky dressing gown.
- There's no point throwing a tantrum if the promised treasure wreck turns out to be a wreck-shaped boulder or a manky old barge.
- Admittedly they were a bit manky, but I still felt offended.
- For every chocolate chip cookie, there is a manky wafer biscuit.
- I am sure we all know stories of anglers who have caught good fish on manky bait, but it is the exception; big juicy baits that ooze scent and look good enough to eat are what is required for cod.
- I can't understand what made me so desperate to keep some manky old cables and nick-nacks from my desk.
- On top of the table is a reasonably substantial amount of cash in notes, coins and IOUs, and beside it a manky old duffel bag destined to carry home someone's winnings.
- After all, a manky mascara can't do much damage, can it?
2Dirty and unpleasant. the man in the manky mackintosh Example sentencesExamples - Having completed the painting and got hardly any orange paint in my hair, I took a long hard look and realised that the kitchen tiles looked manky.
- A really manky pigeon had mistakenly fluttered inside the pub and was flapping in some women's faces.
- With 200 people in one airless room it's getting hot and stale and manky.
- An ageing weirdo is breeding spiders in his manky old shack.
- My little friend was looking decidedly manky and I feared the worst.
- Now, if only somebody would do something about those manky, shabby, urban foxes which keep trashing my dustbin.
- I would recommend getting two of whatever you decide on - they get pretty manky and it's nice to be able to pop one in the wash!
- The bathroom that I share with Paul was manky, so I spent a while cleaning it.
- It was absolutely manky; it was filthy, the engine room, a disgrace actually.
- I rescued you from the pound when you were all manky with fleas.
- I had to comb the shops for two days until I finally found one in Huntly - a manky, mottled looking thing, with the skin of a toad.
Synonyms dirty, filthy, mucky, grimy, grubby, stained, dirt-encrusted, muddy, muddied, unclean, unwashed
Origin 1950s: probably from obsolete mank 'mutilated, defective', from Old French manque, from Latin mancus 'maimed'. This word meaning ‘inferior, worthless, off-colour’ is probably from obsolete mank ‘mutilated, defective’, from Old French manque ‘lack’, from Latin mancus ‘maimed’.
Rhymes cranky, Frankie, hanky, hanky-panky, lanky, swanky, Yankee |