manky
adj/ˈmæŋki/
Etymology From mank + -y.
1
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, 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."2005, Justin Peter Beaney, Kasdeja's Children:
- "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky:
1 more example
- I bet your fanny's fucking minging / Sort out your manky Scouse brow2016 December 3, Millie B, “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B:
2
Slang Being or having bad weather.
- On that occasion, we left Punta Arenas blue-eyed shags beat their way across the icy waves; when you glimpse at close quarters as I did one manky morning in the Lemaire Channel the blurred shape of a humpback whale […]2007, The Spectator, volume 305, numbers 9342-9350, page 44:
- Derived terms
- mankily, mankiness, manky mallard