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  • Sarahundefined Offline
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    Sarah
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    shank, shanked
    orgin: prison slang
    A homemade knife.
    made out of scrap of metal found anywhere and sharpend like a knife. and bottom tightly wrapped with a cloth as a handle.
    shanked.
    to be stabbed by a homemade knife.

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      (n.; v.)

      Any crude, sharp weapon created from otherwise non-imposing objects. Screwdrivers, socket wrenches and hammers are not considered shanks because (a) they are not homemade, (b) they are not crude, improvised weapons, (c) tools are inherently dangerous to begin with, and (d) none of them, with the exception of the screwdriver, are sharp objects. Shanks are created by the desperate for the purpose of stabbing, not [bludgeoning].

      A true shank would be something like:

      A broken piece of glass with a wrapped towel for a handle.
      A broken piece of plexiglass. Prison lunch trays are made of plexiglass, so shattering one might yield a suitable shank.
      A sharpened piece of wood, usually whittled into a stake rather than a shank, but as it is used for stabbing it is considered a shank nonetheless.
      A sharpened piece of scrap metal. Can be pilfered from just about anywhere.

      A shank is also the U-shaped part of a padlock, or any other narrow-but-essential part of an object.

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        To stab someone quickly and repeatedly in the side or lower back, usually with a [shiv] or, occasionally, a [spork].

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          a prisoner-made knife like weapon usually made of metal. the first such weapons were fashioned form the metal shanks on prison issue boots. because of this, most modern prisons no longer issue prisoners boots with metal shanks

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            An item that is used as a weapon but wasnt originaly inteded to be a weapon. A homemade prison blade is a perfect example.

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              As in golf when the golfer misses the intended target,too in vaginal intercourse the target is missed.While in the missionary position during the intensity of the moment if the males back stroke is to great it can result in a missed target.Instead of the ps re-entering the py the p*s enters the females as.Unlike golf the shanker might get delight from it.

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                SHANK - to walk up behind someone and stab them, most of the time the lower back-kidneys

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                  Basically a [TMR] ([The Maze Runner]) [swear word]/insult

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                    [stabs] with [pencil] from [pocket]

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                      To violently [stab] someone with the intent of causing [serious damage], commonly used when in the presence of [a zombie]

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                        To have [a shit] and a [wank] at [the same] time

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                          a long, thin, straight part of particular objects, especially one that connects the end of a device or tool that you hold to the end of it that moves or does something:

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