Usually means: Tall, thin, and somewhat gangly.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lanker: Merriam-Webster
  2. lanker: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lanker: Vocabulary.com
  4. Lanker: Wordnik
  5. lanker: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lanker: Wiktionary
  7. Lanker, lanker: Dictionary.com
  8. lanker: FreeDictionary.org
  9. lanker: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lanker: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See lank as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Lank)

adjective:  Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
adjective:  (obsolete) Meagre, paltry, scant in quantity.
adjective:  (of hair) Straight and flat; thin and limp. (Often associated with being greasy.)
adjective:  (obsolete) Languid; drooping, slack.
verb:  (rare, intransitive) To become lank.
noun:  A surname.
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