anklet
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- noun
- /ˈæŋklɪt/
:
calcetín tobillero
- I wear anklets.
Examples
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Papa as Godzilla, wearing anklets on his paper-pale legs.
Fiction book (1999) -
Although the female figure representing an angweta does not wear the necklace with pendants, her ankles are adorned with five to six bronze anklets of the type worn by titled women when they dance and play bamboo flutes.
Academic text (1990) -
Legsly, I told you not to wear your anklet.
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She bent and peeled off her anklets.
Fiction book (2001) -
She rolled her stockings down like thick anklets and slipped into big men's shoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Oh, it's nothing," she said, though she'd never drooped so badly—her anklets had vanished into her shoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
She wore a pair of anklets that matched her summer dress perfectly.
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These anklets provide a comfortable fit, reaching just above the ankle.
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I bought several pairs of anklet socks for the warmer months.
Synonyms
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A soft covering for your foot and lower part of the leg worn inside a shoe
Short socks that reach just above the ankle, often worn by girls
A sock that reaches just above the ankle and people often wear with skirts or dresses
How High
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anklet comes from ankle ('the joint between the foot and the leg') and -let ('small'), so it literally means a 'small thing for the ankle'. That's why the word is used for a short sock that reaches just above the ankle.