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Meager and lank with fasting grown. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lank hair,
v. i. & t. To become lank; to make lank. [ Obs. ] Shak. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition or quality or being lanky. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a lank manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being lank. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]