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shank-nagging

shank-nagging is the present participle and gerund of shank-nag.

Meaning of shank-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.

Questions about shank-nagging

What is shank-nagging the present participle and gerund of?
Shank-nagging is the present participle and gerund of shank-nag.

Words near shank-nagging in the dictionary

  1. shank-bones
  2. shank-iron
  3. shank-irons
  4. shank-nag
  5. shank-nagged
  6. shank-nagging
  7. shank-nags
  8. shank-painter
  9. shank-painters
  10. shank-weary
  11. Shankala

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