manks

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of mank

comparative more Manks · superlative most Manks

1. obsoleteObsolete form of Manx.

   […] the others marry with the Manks women, so their children become natives.

   c. 1648, William Blundell, A History of the Isle of Man

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   The cause was, he courted a pretty Manks maid who lived in a bower beneath the blue tree of Glen Aldyn, and therefore was absent from the Fairy court during the Re-hollys vooar yn ouyr, or harvest-moon, being engaged dancing in the merry glen of Rushen.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 403

1. archaicArchaic form of Manx.

   Those who reckon the extirpation of the Manks language to be a necessary step towards the general extension of English which they deem essential

   1835, Archibald Cregeen, Dictionary of the Manks Language

1. pluralplural of Mank

comparative more Manks · superlative most Manks

1. colloquialSomething from the English city of Manchester; short for Mancunian, usually "Mancs"

1. pluralvariantvariant plural of Manc

   Synonyms: Mancunian