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Definition of Chanks
1. chank [n] - See also: chank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanks
Literary usage of Chanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fur Seal Arbitration: Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration, Convened by Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration (1895)
"4 of 1842, intituled "An Ordinance for the protection of Her Majesty's rights in
the digging for Dead chanks," and'the' Ordinance No. ..."
2. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1829)
"collector caused two banks to be destroyed, as he would have no commission on
their produce, and they might drive away the chanks, on which he draws a ..."
3. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (1827)
"It appeared, also, that the fishermen of the coasts and islands where chanks nre
found, did not refrain from taking such chanks as they met with, ..."
4. A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial Interests of Ceylon by Anthony Bertolacci (1817)
"chanks. therefore, were adopted instead of boats, and the divers were allowed to
fish at both places at the same time. In spite of the regulations of ..."
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