anklebone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anklebone
1350–1400; Middle English; see ankle, bone ( def. )
Example Sentences
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And Little Anklebone sat by the milken pond and piped away on his shepherd's pipe.
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
She was wonderstruck, especially when Little Anklebone, from his seat under the tree, called out, 'Fill your jar, mother!
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
In the course of the story in the original, Little Anklebone calls himself Giteta Ram, an interesting instance of the process of the formation of Panjâbî proper names.
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
And sometimes, people wandering through the pathless plain hear the pipe, and then they say, 'That is Little Anklebone, who was eaten by a wolf ages ago!'*
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
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