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shanker

noun
USSHANG-ker/ˈʃæŋkɚ/UKSHANG-kuh/ˈʃæŋkə/

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3 meanings of shanker

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A golfer who shanks the ball, hitting it very badly.

    I'm a terrible shanker, so please stand behind me when I swing.

    The golf pro spent all morning helping shankers fix their swings.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A worker who glues a stiff strip, called a shank, into the bottom of a shoe.

    My aunt worked as a shanker at the shoe factory for ten years.

    The shankers glued the metal pieces into the shoes as fast as they could.

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  3. 3
    nounobsolete
    Obsolete form of chancre. Today the word is spelled chancre.
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Origin

It is shank + -er.