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shank's mare

shank's mare is the alternative form of shanks' mare.

Meaning of shanks' mare

Noun

shanks' mare (countable and uncountable, plural shanks' mares)

  1. (US, idiomatic) One's own feet used for walking.
    • A public exhibition of the velocipede [a predecessor of the bicycle] ... will never come into general use in competition with Shank's mare.1869. The Dubuque Daily Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, May 1869

Questions about shank's mare

What is shank's mare the alternative form of?
Shank's mare is the alternative form of shanks' mare.

Words near shank's mare in the dictionary

  1. Shaniquas
  2. Shaniqwa
  3. Shanita
  4. shank
  5. shank it
  6. shank's mare
  7. shank's pony
  8. shank-bone
  9. shank-bones
  10. shank-iron
  11. shank-irons

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