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noun
Transportation by foot. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, idiomatic
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History
Traced back to shanks-nag, 1758; The expression -- believed to be Scottish in origin (i.e. shanks-naig 1774), refers to the use of shank to refer to the part of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
Across languages
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