A small hillside or river bank: "The best place to see a game at Fallon Field is on the bankin."

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By Jenn
Fri, 06/11/2004 - 9:56am

A bankin is also a term used for snow pushed off to the side of the road or driveway into a pile.Example "I ran into a bankin during this last Nor'easter."

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By karen
Wed, 12/15/2004 - 2:26pm

Isn't this term just a shortened version of the word "embankment"--a segment on either side of a road, or a river where the dirt is piled up higher?

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By Dan
Fri, 05/27/2005 - 9:36pm

i never understood banken but all of these words streched up to NH where I am from, but alas we still have the accent.

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By Tom - Auburn
Tue, 06/13/2006 - 11:56am

I have a "bankin" in front of my house. This usually means a grade of land that rises from one area to another.

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By sue carney
Mon, 07/07/2008 - 5:49pm

thank god for this! my husband thought i made this word up! i just mailed it off to him at once. (and i was from the west side of MA

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