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flank

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flank
1. the side of a man or animal between the ribs and the hip
2. (loosely) the outer part of the human thigh

flank [flaŋk]
(civil engineering)
The outer edge of a carriageway.
(design engineering)
The end surface of a cutting tool, adjacent to the cutting edge.
The side of a screw thread.
(geology)
(vertebrate zoology)
The part of a quadruped mammal between the ribs and the pelvic girdle.


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The Mouse peeped out, crept furtively up his flank, and again biting him, retreated to his hole.
Struck in flank by two full-grown fox- terriers, he was slashed and rolled on the deck.
He would hum over his old rigadig tunes while flank and flank with the most exasperated monster.
 
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