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Chris -- 2018-04-11
This seems most unlikely – I can’t see where ‘hank’ could fit in with acquiring a knack – so the best I can come up with is the notion of seizing something by the merest tuft. Not very compelling:
Hey Sarah just getting the hank of this social networking thing. :). Reply. Post :. Close. image. natalie wrote two years ago: ...
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It just takes some time to get used to this “crazy” way of working, hopefully I will get the hank of it someday ;o)—kim 02:19, 20 May 2004 (CEST) ...
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After awhile you get the hank of it. The trucks are easy though. Crank the slack in all the way, then back off 1/4 turn. ...
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It takes time to get used so as not to overexpose photos, but once you got the hank of it, it’s endless fun. Have fun. I hope your camera has this feature, ...
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Wonderful machine.. It takes some practice at first, but we got the hank of it. ... Micro Helicopter House Fly R/C Picco Blade ..
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Could there be something going on with “hankering.” A “hanker” is a desire. Perhaps “hank” could be generalized to something that is desirable to have.
There’s also the phrase “to have no hank with.” Not common today, though I heard it a lot as a child. It means to have no dealings, no relationship, with. So “hank” might be thought to mean dealings, a relationship. “Getting the hank of something” would then be having a relationship with something.
Last edited by kem (2009-02-03 00:08:08)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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