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Anklets   Listen
noun
anklets  n. pl.  
1.
Socks that reach just above the ankle.
Synonyms: anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks





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"Anklets" Quotes from Famous Books



... had he placed them in her power, given her a chance to so use this trust. She almost groaned aloud as she recalled him, and recalled, sorely against her will, a horrible tale she had once read, of a Brahmin who murdered a little child for her worthless silver anklets. Joost was a veritable child to her, powerless before her ability, trusting in her good faith, a child indeed, even if he had not placed his secret in her grasp. And it was he—this child—that she, with her superior strength, ...
— The Good Comrade • Una L. Silberrad
... might tell of lore They taught him underground in shrines all dim, And of the live tame reptile gods that wore Gold anklets on their feet. And after him, With fairest eyes ere met of mortal ken, Glorious, forgiven, might speak ...
— Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. • Jean Ingelow
... the cover and looked in. With a smothered "By Jove!" he bent closer to examine the contents—the chest was about half filled with an assortment of golden trinkets. There were what appeared to be bracelets, anklets ...
— Out of Time's Abyss • Edgar Rice Burroughs


Words linked to "Anklets" :   bobbysocks, bobbysock, anklet, sock


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