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SHANKS' MARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shanks' mare mean? 

SHANKS' MARE (noun)
  The noun SHANKS' MARE has 1 sense:

1. you own legsplay

  Familiarity information: SHANKS' MARE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHANKS' MARE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

You own legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

shank's mare; shank's pony; shanks' mare; shanks' pony

Context example:

I traveled on shank's mare

Hypernyms ("shanks' mare" is a kind of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)


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