manky

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manky

/ˈmæŋki/

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adjective mankier · mankiest

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting. "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky."
slang Being or having bad weather. On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]
Similar: mank · Opposite: dingle

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adj unpleasantly dirty and disgusting

Español	asqueroso, repugnante
日本語	不快な fukaina, 汚れた yogoreta, むかつく mukatsuku
Français	sale, dégoutant, dégueulasse
Deutsch	ekelig, eklig, widerlich, verdreckt

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@misc{manky_2026,
  title = {manky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}