Ankleful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A quantity that covers or fills an ankle.

    "But you do want to redirect the energy so that you don't wind up catching an ankleful of claws, says Margaret Thompson, D.V.M., a veterinarian in Colleyville, Texas."

Example

More examples

"But you do want to redirect the energy so that you don't wind up catching an ankleful of claws, says Margaret Thompson, D.V.M., a veterinarian in Colleyville, Texas."

Etymology

From ankle + -ful.

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