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shanker

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shanker¹

Where it comes from

From shank + -er.

noun shankers

  1. One who shanks a golf ball. Littler said he didn't shank it; rather he called it a soft pop-up, but us old hard-core shankers weren't so generous .
  2. One who glues the shank into a shoe. A shank-cutter cuts with a die that part of the shank which is composed of leather or leather board. […] A shanker tacks the shank in place, cuts away the superfluous upper leather gathered under the toe, beats the edge of the upper out […]

shanker²

noun shankers

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of chancre

Shanker³

Where it comes from

Variant of Shankar.

proper noun Shankers

  1. A surname from Hindi.

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"shanker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shanker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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shanker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shanker

Chicago

"shanker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shanker.

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@misc{shanker_2026,
  title = {shanker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shanker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}