as in knife
an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal
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Many of the classics are here, from mantu to a Godzilla-sized lamb shank to kabuli palaw, the fruit-and-nut-spiked pilaf often cited as the national dish of Afghanistan.
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Further out, the city gives way to busy markets and, further still, tin shanks and clinker board houses built on jagged volcanic rock.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
My grandmother, the heart of our kitchen, traditionally buries the shank beneath a fragrant palau rice.
—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Berger was among at least two other inmates accused of stabbing an inmate in the downtown Sacramento jail five to six times with a shank, authorities said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Further out, the city gives way to busy markets and, further still, tin shanks and clinker board houses built on jagged volcanic rock.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
My grandmother, the heart of our kitchen, traditionally buries the shank beneath a fragrant palau rice.
—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Berger was among at least two other inmates accused of stabbing an inmate in the downtown Sacramento jail five to six times with a shank, authorities said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Shank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shank. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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