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shanks's pony

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shanks's pony US and Canadian, shanks's mare [ˈʃæŋksɪz]
n
Informal one's own legs as a means of transportation
[from shank (in the sense: lower leg); probably with a pun on the surname Shanks]
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The taxpayer pays and for Mr Harris's information, I have been an OAP for 10 years but prefer shanks's pony.
Taxpayer billed for travelling man; VOICE OF THE NORTH by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
WHEN cars were a rarity most children went to school by shanks's pony, a good old Yorkshire phrase for 'on their own legs.
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Our fine Members of the European Parliament can claim for a first-class air ticket to Brussels and back - cash, of course, no questions asked - even if they arrived on Shanks's pony.
1ST CLASS? EUR HAVING A LAUGH; Now it's time for MEPs to come clean ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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