My pockets get full of little hanks of it, picked up and twisted together, ready for uses that never come.
"Practical Grammar and Composition"
Thomas Wood
The number of hanks in 1 lb.
"Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery"
Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.
His long, long hair, in yellow hanks, Wav'd o'er his cheeks sae sweet and ruddy; But now it waves o'er Carlisle yetts In dripping ringlets, soil'd and bloody."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews