ankus
Americannoun
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ankus,
plural
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ankuses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ankus
1885–90; < Hindi; akin to angle 2
Example Sentences
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Whether this slight prod of the mahout's ankus was, or was not, intentional, it is not easy to say, but it took instant effect upon the Big Doctor.
From Mount Music by Martin Ross
I spoke to him, scratched his neck with the ankus, but he would not stop.
From Kari the Elephant by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Then I shall sit on thy neck, O Kala Nag, with a silver ankus, and men will run before us with golden sticks, crying, 'Room for the King's elephant!'
From The jungle book by Rudyard Kipling
On he came, amid a rising roar of approval, Speed in gorgeous robes perched on high, 295 ankus raised.
From The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
When at last we got her near Dundora, the latter's mahout, viciously belabouring her thick skull with the ankus, told us that the cause of her fright was only a small pariah dog.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
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