shanks

Despite all that, despite finding what they call shanks -- these are shaved-off pieces of metal that come from doorknobs.

CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2005 2005

But did they have those lamb shanks from the music video?

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Mr. Dodge has struggled with consistency, lofting some high, arcing deep punts, but also mixing in shanks, and worse, line drives.

Giants Prepare for Dodge Ball Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010

Many McKean inmates will also say that they do not carry "shanks" -- homemade knives or blades -- because they don't need them.

A Model Prison 1995

In prison such weapons are called shanks, an ugly word completely suitable to their ugly purpose.

Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

They show Burton chasing Marsh in the corridors of the prison wing, the two knives, known as shanks in prison slang, in his hands.

Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

Large discs may easily be cut from sheet glass by drawing a circular diamond cut, and gradually breaking away the outer parts by the aid of additional cuts and a pair of pliers or "shanks" (see Fig. 44).

On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

"They are a whole lot better than 'shanks' mare, 'Elder," said the young girl, laughing.

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

The stilts, or _chanques_, of which our word "shanks" is supposed to be the origin, become rarer and rarer.

In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

Beginning next week, prison officials in Indiana will begin using a new system that tests trace amounts of DNA left on "shanks," cell phones and other contraband used by inmates.

The Indiana Law Blog Marcia Oddi 2010