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Question
Which stage of man’s life is associated with the ‘shrunk shank’?
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Solution
In the sixth stage, man becomes thin and weak. His fashionable dresses of youthful days have now become too loose to use for his shrunk shank (i.e.) legs that have become very lean with age.
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