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shanks pony

shanks pony is the alternative form of shanks' pony.

Meaning of shanks' pony

Noun

shanks' pony (uncountable)

  1. (Commonwealth, idiomatic) One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.
    • When we pointed out that we cared nothing, absolutely nothing, for convention, and would go in quest of the gods “on Shanks′ pony,” Anqui utterly mistook our meaning and had a pony in waiting for us when the hour came for leaving! This we dismissed after attempting to make clear our meaning.1930, G. E. O. Knight, Intimate Glimpses of Mysterious Tibet and Neighbouring Countries, published 1992, page 56

Questions about shanks pony

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

Words near shanks pony in the dictionary

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

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