| 单词 | shanks' mare |
| 释义 | shanks' mare (once / 358161 pages) n WORD FAMILY shanks' mare USAGE EXAMPLESThe scent should be good—a bit too good, Andy reflected, for riders on shanks' mare. Hope, Anthony, Second String(2012) The rebels ride on stolen nags, They travel on shanks' mare; The gore's awash, the heads they roll, All in the torches' glare. Reynard, Geoff St., The Buttoned Sky(2010) The fire companies at the first alarm, in scarlet shirts, turned out on shortest notice, at a dead run on "shanks' mare." Moore, Gay Montague, Seaport in Virginia—George Washingt...(2010) n you own legs Syn|Hyper shank's mare, shank's pony, shanks' pony 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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