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ankle

/ˈæŋ.kəl/ noun A2
  1. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

Plural ankles

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I slipped on the sidewalk and turned my ankle.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 33 · C1
The happy children ankle-deep
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 24 · C1
“My ankle,” gasped Anne.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 176 · C1
I expect I have sprained my ankle.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 177 · C1

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