(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) 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."
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(Antarctica, slang) Being or having bad weather.
"Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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