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One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- 1989, Charles Hyatt, When Me Was a Boy, Institute of Jamaica Publications, page 43, After all, mos′ everybody had to walk because yuh doan only get to meet people but ‘shanks pony’ was the cheapes′ form of transportation.
- 1999, Richard Thompson, Walking the Long Miles Home, (Mock Tudor), And the rhythm in my shoes keeps the blues all away / When you ride Shanks's Pony you don′t have to pay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
you own legs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I traveled on shank's mare
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shank's mare, shanks' mare, shank's pony
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leg
Believed to be of Scottish origin, from shanks' nag (shanks-naig, attested 1774).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
十一路
— idiomatic references to walking
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Dutch:
benenwagen
— idiomatic references to walking
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Finnish:
apostolinkyyti
— idiomatic references to walking
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Hungarian:
lábbusz
— idiomatic references to walking
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Icelandic:
fara á tveimur jafnfljótum
— idiomatic references to walking
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Icelandic:
ganga
— idiomatic references to walking
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Polish:
piechota
— idiomatic references to walking
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Scots:
shank's meir
— idiomatic references to walking
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Scots:
Tamson's meir
— idiomatic references to walking
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Swedish:
använda apostlahästarna
— idiomatic references to walking
