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Meanings of anklets in English

Catalan
mitjó curt

A sock that reaches just above the ankle.

mitjó curt
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Examples for "anklet"
Examples for "anklet"
1
The wind carries away in glee the tinkling of your anklet bells.
The Crescent Moon
2
One of his parole conditions was to wear a satellite tracking anklet.
News.com.au
3
Zador opened it and drew forth an anklet which Antipas reached for.
The Coming of the King
4
The locker dispensed an anklet, and he tossed it across the space.
Cibola Burn
5
For her right anklet was an astrological device; each stone represented a star.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Usage of anklets in English
1
To whose act of desire accomplished the anklets upon my feet bejewelled
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry
2
The gold was all wrought in ornaments-likeanklets, bracelets, amulets, and girdles.
As It Was in the Beginning
3
You want gold anklets and silk sarongs for that game-mymighty hunter.
An Outcast of the Islands
4
Her anklets clanked as she moved with the tread of a tigress.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
5
Ear-rings, nose-rings, finger-rings, bracelets, anklets and necklaces were of gold and silver.
Days of the Discoverers
6
The jingle bells and the wire anklets of the dancer tinkle.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
7
The cactus and palms abound and the Kaffirs wear brass anklets and bracelets.
Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
8
The little boys wear gold or silver bracelets; also gold or silver anklets.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.
9
The women also wore anklets, like many of the Oriental women of to-day.
Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
10
Hrun dresses only in a leopard-skin loincloth and numerous gold arm-bands and anklets.
The folklore of discworld
11
To every bench, as a fixture, there was a chain with heavy anklets.
Ben-Hur
12
He squandered everything he owned, everything his wife owned, save only her anklets.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
13
There were what appeared to be bracelets, anklets and brooches of virgin gold.
Out of Time's Abyss
14
Shirt, breeches, jacket, cloak, anklets, bracelets, scarf, and bandanna-welooked incendiary.
The Great Book of Amber
15
Whose feet were those tinkling with anklets, touching his breast of a sudden?
Fruit-Gathering
16
The Corrections Minister, Louise Upston, said the anklets are for the highest risk offenders.
Radio NZ
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