Meaning of shanks' pony | Babel Free

Definitions

One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.

Commonwealth, idiomatic, uncountable

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Examples

“When we pointed out that we cared nothing, absolutely nothing, for convention, and would go in quest of the gods “on Shanks′ pony,” Anqui utterly mistook our meaning and had a pony in waiting for us when the hour came for leaving! This we dismissed after attempting to make clear our meaning.”

“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.”

“That was the end of the vehicle track: from then on it was shanks′s pony.”

“Young Jim shook his head. ‘The nearest station′s about fifty miles from there. We′ll hail a lift if we′re lucky. Otherwise it′s shanks′s pony.’”

“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”

“He pointed toward a groaning tram packed with malnourished workmen, rickets, and penury. Preferred shank’s pony, drizzle or no drizzle.”

“Then four more meetings around Manhattan travelling mostly by Shanks′s pony, before arriving back at JFK for their overnight standby flight.”

“Apart from the Ravenglass steam railway and Shanks′ pony, there′s no public transport to Eskdale.”

“At the bottom of the hill, Dean Stewart says, let′s get out of the automobiles and proceed as usual—by shanks′ pony. By shanks′ pony? Mrs. Landes says. Is that Shakespeare? Jenny asks. No, Dean Stewart says laughing, just an expression from the folk in Missoula.”

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