lanker

The only real clue to the season is hair, which lies a bit lanker than usual.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

The only real clue to the season is hair, which lies a bit lanker than usual.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

They grew lanker and lanker every day, and we soon saw that they would not be able to stand it in the long run.

The South Pole~ The First Account 2009

He was leaning back into the rain with an ecstatic expression on his face, letting it soak into his lank hair, which was becoming even lanker.

The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

They grew lanker and lanker every day, and we soon saw that they would not be able to stand it in the long run.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

There was also his board-bill to be settled at the end of each week; and Salmon saw his slender purse grow lank and lanker than ever, with no means within his reach of replenishing it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

One or two I knew who insisted on sticking to "principles," and they grew leaner and lanker day by day.

Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921

"My land! he's lanker 'n a bean-pole," exclaimed Mrs. Eichorn, in disgust.

Lovey Mary Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

So as he grew bigger and fatter, she grew thinner and lanker, till you would hardly have recognized this long, gaunt, white fur bag of bones for the plump beast of the previous autumn.

Children of the Wild Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

They grew lanker and lanker every day, and we soon saw that they would not be able to stand it in the long run.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900