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In some senses, manky is marked as slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
manky
/ˈmæŋki/
adj 2
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4ADJ.
all, old
VERB + MANKY
sort
MANKY + NOUN
brow, i've, jacket, scouse
PREP.
out
Definitions
adj
1
Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
"He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky."
"Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."
2
Being or having bad weather.
On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]
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"He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky."
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"Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."
Wiktionary03
I bet your fanny's fucking minging / Sort out your manky Scouse brow
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