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PRONUNCIATION OF SPINDLESHANKS

spindleshanks  [ˈspɪndəlˌʃæŋks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPINDLESHANKS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spindleshanks is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPINDLESHANKS


Banks
bæŋks
branks
bræŋks
Fairbanks
ˈfɛəˌbæŋks
Hanks
hæŋks
Lancs
læŋks
lanx
læŋks
Manx
mæŋks
phalanx
ˈfælæŋks
ranks
ræŋks
thanks
θæŋks
thanx
θæŋks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPINDLESHANKS

spinal tap
spinally
spinar
spinate
spindle
spindle tree
spindle-legged
spindle-shanked
spindlelegs
spindler
spindlier
spindliest
spindling
spindly
spindrift
spine
spine-basher
spine-bashing
spine-chiller
spine-chilling

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPINDLESHANKS

blinks
break ranks
close ranks
forty winks
golf links
Grand Banks
high jinks
hijinks
hunks
jinks
links
lower ranks
methinks
other ranks
return thanks
swimming trunks
trunks
upper ranks
vote of thanks
yonks

Synonyms and antonyms of spindleshanks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spindleshanks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPINDLESHANKS

Find out the translation of spindleshanks to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spindleshanks from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spindleshanks» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spindleshanks
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Spindleshanks
570 millions of speakers

English

spindleshanks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spindleshanks
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spindleshanks
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Spindleshanks
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Spindleshanks
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spindleshanks
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Spindleshanks
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spindleshanks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spindleshanks
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spindleshanks
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spindleshanks
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spindleshanks
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người cao lỏng khỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spindleshanks
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पिंडलहेंक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ince uzun bacaklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Spindleshanks
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Spindleshanks
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Spindleshanks
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spindleshanks
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Spindleshanks
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spindleshanks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Spindleshanks
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Spindleshanks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spindleshanks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINDLESHANKS»

The term «spindleshanks» is used very little and occupies the 182.757 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPINDLESHANKS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spindleshanks» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spindleshanks» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spindleshanks

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINDLESHANKS»

Discover the use of spindleshanks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spindleshanks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Forgotten Crusaders: Poland and the Crusader Movement in ...
henryk gave Spindleshanks Lubus for life, and as confirming that at the time of the meeting, the attack on Odonic's land was only in the planning stage. i can therefore repeat the opinion of of the pact of 1217–18: “this was intended as a pact of ...
Mikolaj Gladysz, 2012
2
Child to the Waters
They wet all the ground with their muck and their mire, but old Spindleshanks' feet under thick sumac bush stayed planted on driest of ground. Two brothers driven from plow by the storm stood in the door of a far-distant barn. They looked  ...
Kibler, James Everett
3
The Dublin penny journal
Oh ! don't get married, don't, if you take a friend's advice," exclaims old bachelor Spindleshanks, just turned of forty-five, with his umbrella tucked under his arm in one of the driest of our late September days, his hat, coat, and breeches neatly ...
Philip Dixon Hardy, 1832
4
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Poland: Discoveries, ...
What is more, in the monastery there exists a tradition that Spindleshanks was buried in a special chapel. However, despite so many positive premises for the identiÀcation of this body, there are also ones which seem to undermine this opinion ...
Andrzej Buko, 2008
5
A Braided Cord:
Beerbelly-Spindleshanks. The middle-aged males in my paternal line have slid into this physique with or without the benefit of beer and chips and despite adequate physical activity. It's DNA, all the way! I have to confess in my family, that ...
Jim Warren, 2014
6
The New sporting magazine
spindleshanks ; but a reminder from my spurs soon caused him to take well hold of his bit as I bundled him along the next pasture, outpacing Rasper, at whom I looked back exultingly as I landed safely over the next fence, and saw him chance ...
7
The File on H.
was a crazy old Dutch lady who was known in the village as 'Spindleshanks', because her legs were so thin; and many others. Some years before the war ' Spindleshanks' had published some volumes of poetry in praise of Mussolini. 'I wrote ...
Ismail Kadare, 2002
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
spindleshanks. to be a spindleshanks Laban: ein langer Laban (sein). spineless. to be spineless/gutless Mark: (kein) Mark in den Knochen haben pflaumenweich: pflaumenweich sein/reagieren/... Rückgrat: ein Mensch/eineFrau/...ohne ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
9
The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the ...
Old Spindleshanks knew his business, and could jump fairly even when beat, if 1 did not hurry him ; and he got safely over the next fence into the last enclosure but one, a sticky fallow, while I looked over my shoulder in exultation to see the ...
10
The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
Old Spindleshanks knew his business, and could jump fairly even when beat, if I did not hurry him □ and he got safely over the next fence into the last enclosure but one, a sticky fallow, while I looked over my shoulder in exultation to see the ...
John William Carleton, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINDLESHANKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spindleshanks is used in the context of the following news items.
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Angela Solomons reviews Silchester Players' The Sleeping Beauty
AT the christening of Princess Aurora, wicked fairy Carabosse and her cat Spindleshanks are furious when they realise that they haven't got an invitation. «Basingstoke Gazette, Feb 15»
2
Sierra businesses adjust to lack of snow
... business since 1980, some multiple-year droughts, and this is the worst I've seen in a long time," Spindleshanks restaurant owner Steve Marks said. «News10.net, Feb 15»
3
Torquay traders' joy as 30 years of town traffic confusion set to end
Profile image for spindleshanks · spindleshanks | January 21 2015, 3:50PM. Sorry Cllr Cowell - if you borrow ... Profile image for spindleshanks. spindleshanks ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jan 15»
4
More than 1800 sign Torquay Save Cary Green petition
Profile image for spindleshanks. spindleshanks | April 07 2014, 1:39PM ... @spindleshanks The two main reasons that 'we can't even fill the hotel rooms we ... «Torquay Herald Express, Apr 14»
5
Tahoe's Spindleshanks relocating to Old Brockway Golf Course
Spindleshanks restaurant will relocate to Old Brockway Golf Course (seen here at the corner of highways 267 and 28) in April due to the planned demolition of ... «Tahoe Daily Tribune, Jan 14»
6
Fashion archive: An early interview with Mr Saint-Laurent
He is uncommonly fine-drawn and, with a designer's eye to effect, enhances this spindleshanks look by the tightness of his drawn clothes. With strangers he is ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
7
Casual Violence's The House of Nostril @ The Lowry, Salford
This includes some chimney sweeps, a butler called Spindleshanks, a collection of taxidermied relatives and the Nostril family's put-upon youngest son Charlie, ... «The Skinny, Nov 13»
8
Harbour users unanimously reject "barking" Torquay Pavilion island …
Profile image for spindleshanks. spindleshanks | November 12 2013, 7:13PM. Funny to think at one ... Report. Profile image for spindleshanks · spindleshanks ... «Torquay Herald Express, Nov 13»
9
Torquay harbour users to discuss new Pavilion "island" idea
Profile image for spindleshanks · spindleshanks | November 08 2013, 7:29AM ... Spindleshanks, you are one of the authors - why not answer in the public ... «Torquay Herald Express, Nov 13»
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£2 parking deal for Torbay motorists
Profile image for spindleshanks. spindleshanks | October 21 2013, 12:00AM. @mikeliste66 - We intend to do ... Profile image for spindleshanks. spindleshanks ... «Torquay Herald Express, Oct 13»

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