单词 | shanks' mare, pony |
释义 | > as lemmasShanks' (or Shanks's) mare, pony b. Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, pony, etc.: one's own legs as a means of conveyance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] walkinga1325 spacingc1485 ambulation1554 footing1567 hoofing1652 Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774 pedestrianizing1799 pedestrianism1808 ankle express1887 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 224 And auld shanks-nag wad tire, I dread, To pace to Berwick. a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) I. 204 I'd rather..ride on Shanks's Mare. 1823 W. Scott Fam. Lett. 11 Feb. (1894) II. xix. 167 I found shanksnaigie..the only way of moving by which I could get out to dinner. 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. iii I'll start for Carnarvon on Shanks's pony. < as lemmas |
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