(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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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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