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manky
adjective- poor quality, inferior; dirty UK
Possibly from French manque (a deficiency). - He would have to have all his teeth out as it seems that they were all mankey. — Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, 1958
- [W]e’re told what to do by some manky old git with a clipboard[.] — John King, Human Punk, p. 8, 2000
- The Mersey is in your veins (is right, yeh, all manky, polluted). — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 48, 2002
- (of weather) bad ANTARCTICA, 1989
A narrowing of the general sense. - — Bernadette Hince, The Antarctic Dictionary, p. 224, 2000
- [T]raversin streets through fumes an dirt-drifts an greasy drizzle. All manky. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 29, 2002
- drunk UK
Possibly deriving from the previous sense, thus “under the weather” (tipsy). - — e-cyclopaedia, 20 March 2002
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