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Definition:1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. [Prov. Eng.]3. Hold; influence.4. (Naut.) A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)---In the textile industry, a hank is a coiled or wrapped unit of yarn or twine (as opposed to both other objects like thread or rope as well as other forms such as in a ball, cone, bobbin(cylinder like structure), spool, etc). This is often the best form for use with hand looms, compared to the cone form needed for power looms. Hanks come in varying lengths depending on the type of material and the manufacturer. For instance, a hank of linen is often 300 yards (270 m), and a hank of cotton or silk is 840 yards (770 m).text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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Her yellow-butter hair was pulled up, the hank of ponytail swinging cheerfully as a jumprope,
Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl, p.7 (2012)
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He dangles a hank of Spanish onions in one hand and holds with the other hand a telephone receiver nozzle to his ear.
James Joyce. Ulysses
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That was something to see, my father in his shirtsleeves straddling a rickety old garden fence with a hank of carrot tops in his hand and a fellow behind him taking aim.Marilynne Robinson. Gilead, p.15 (2004)
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