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14 February, 10:51

What did Mary Alice mean when she said, "Grandma and I went out on shank's ponies." this is in the book "A Year Down Yonder"

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  1. 14 February, 11:52
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    To go someplace "on Shank's pony" (a common expression) means simply to walk there. The idiom springs from that part of the leg known as the shank, or shin, and the use of ponies for travelling.
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