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shank-nag

shank-nag verb: to travel on foot. Also the archaic spelling of shanks' nag.

Verb

shank-nag (third-person singular simple present shank-nags, present participle shank-nagging, simple past and past participle shank-nagged)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To travel on foot.

Also used as

shank-nag is also the archaic spelling of shanks' nag.

Forms of shank-nag

Verb
third-person singular presentshank-nags
present participleshank-nagging
past participleshank-nagged
pastshank-nagged
Noun
pluralshank-nags

Questions about shank-nag

What does shank-nag mean?
Shank-nag means to travel on foot.
What part of speech is shank-nag?
Shank-nag is a verb.
What is the past tense of shank-nag?
The past tense of shank-nag is shank-nagged.

Words near shank-nag in the dictionary

  1. shank's pony
  2. shank-bone
  3. shank-bones
  4. shank-iron
  5. shank-irons
  6. shank-nag
  7. shank-nagged
  8. shank-nagging
  9. shank-nags
  10. shank-painter
  11. shank-painters

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