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Definition of Fanks
1. fank [n] - See also: fank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanks
Literary usage of Fanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jokes for All Occasions: Selected and Ed. by One of America's Foremost (1922)
"Serious Little Boy (after deep thought): "No, fanks, that -would make the space
at the wrong end." * * « Vicar's Wife: "What are you children doing in ..."
2. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"... more or less completely lived himself out He falls into the fanks of the
supernumeraries, or is thrust down from a higher to a lower step in the scale. ..."
3. The Bookman (1897)
"In this volume Mr. Hume reintroduces his well-known hero, Octavius fanks, detective,
and unfolds a most interesting and enthralling plot. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"... and without wind enough for barking. 'Twas as good as the man's ghost.
The shepherds came in from the fanks, and over from the curling at ..."
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