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shanks' mares

shanks' mares is the plural 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 shanks' mares

What is shanks' mares the plural of?
Shanks' mares is the plural of shanks' mare.

Words near shanks' mares in the dictionary

  1. shanks
  2. shanks it
  3. shanks mare
  4. shanks pony
  5. shanks' mare
  6. shanks' mares
  7. shanks' nag
  8. shanks' nags
  9. shanks' pony
  10. shanks's mare
  11. shanks's pony

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