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Meanings of lank hair in English

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Usage of lank hair in English
1
A tall actor with a wig of long, lank hair portrayed Paganini.
Hiding the Elephant
2
An elderly man with lank hair and a feeble grin pushed between them.
Summer
3
A baby's arms that moved listlessly, tangling and untangling in her lank hair.
Iron Council
4
I waited for a crack about steam- lank hair and eau de poached flesh.
Bones to Ashes
5
Umma Balsum's lank hair twisted like a boxful of bait worms.
Perdido Street Station
6
She shook her head, making her lank hair whisk against her thin shoulders.
The Demon Lover
7
Then Mason Hope appeared, hands in pockets and lank hair falling on his shoulders.
A Son of the Hills
8
He had black lank hair which hung loosely down almost on to his shoulders.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
9
He had gone to a barber, and his lank hair had been artistically curled.
Caught in the Net
10
He is a little man of the Indian race, copper-coloured, with black lank hair.
A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
11
The second man was a long, dried-up creature, with lank hair and sallow cheeks.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
12
First there was the unhelpful genetic lottery - lank hair, skinny physique, frilly teeth.
The Guardian
13
The rest were all copper-coloured, with black lank hair.
A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
14
His face was paler than ever and his lank hair lay damp upon his forehead.
Betty at Fort Blizzard
15
The long lank hair has echoes of Franz Liszt.
The Guardian
16
Bland, too miserable to argue, sat up and pushed greasy fingers through his lank hair.
The Thunder Bird
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Lank hair through the time
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common