English Explanatory Dictionary

shanks' pony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.

Word forms

shanks' pony Shanks's pony shank's pony shanks pony

Etymology

Believed to be of Scottish origin, from shanks' nag (shanks-naig, attested 1774).

Related words

shank-nag shanks' mare shanks' nag Bayard of ten toes on foot walk
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