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shanks' nags

shanks' nags is the plural of shanks' nag.

Meaning of shanks' nag

Noun

shanks' nag (plural shanks' nags)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, idiomatic) Transportation by foot. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.
    • He took shanks-naig, but fient may care.1774, Robert Fergusson, Poems on Various Subjects

Questions about shanks' nags

What is shanks' nags the plural of?
Shanks' nags is the plural of shanks' nag.

Words near shanks' nags in the dictionary

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

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