manky

comparative mankier · superlative mankiest

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKslangUnpleasantly dirty and disgusting.

   I bet your fanny's fucking minging / Sort out your manky Scouse brow

   2016 December 3, Millie B, “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B

   2 more examples

   "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky."

   2005, Justin Peter Beaney, Kasdeja's Children

   "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."

   2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky

2. slangAntarcticaBeing or having bad weather.

   On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]

   2007, The Spectator, volume 305, numbers 9342-9350, page 44

   Synonyms: mank · Antonyms: dingle