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shanks mare

shanks 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 shanks mare

What is shanks mare the alternative form of?
Shanks mare is the alternative form of shanks' mare.

Words near shanks mare in the dictionary

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

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