Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shanks
IPA transcription: [ʃ'æŋks]
Usage examples
  • And the good Master yet from off his haunch Deposed me not, till to the hole he brought me Of him who so lamented with his shanks.
  • The Spider arrives hurriedly, snatches the giddy-pate and disjoints his shanks, which she empties of their contents, the best part of the insect.
  • Shanks set out on his errand immediately,--and John, fearing that he should be apprehended and punished for the crime he had committed, at the same time went off towards Caneadea.