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Definition of manky adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

manky

adjective

/ˈmæŋki/

/ˈmæŋki/

(British English, informal)

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dirty and unpleasant
Word Origin1950s: probably from obsolete mank ‘mutilated, defective’, from Old French manque, from Latin mancus ‘maimed’.

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