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cankle

British  
/ ˈkæŋkəl /

noun

  1. informal a thickened area between the calf and ankle in an overweight person, obscuring where one ends and the other begins

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Etymology

Origin of cankle

C21: from c ( alf )² + ankle

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This was not even to mention the cankle situation.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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