This week's theme: whose what? shank's mare (SHANGKS mare) noun
One's own legs. Also known as shank's pony. [From facetiously referring to one's legs as a horse, a shank being the part of the leg between the knee and ankle.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=shank's+mare -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "If you'll be walking, click the Walking tab on a plotted route to see directions optimized for traveling by shank's mare." Steve Bass; The Web's Best Mapping Sites; PC World; Aug 20, 2007. Sponsored by: Wonderful wordplay in Stoopnagle's spoonerized tales & Lederer's animal puns, richly moving words in award-winning novel, poetry: http://StoneandScott.com Working Teachers: Earn your Master's in Education 100% online from NCATE accredited, University of Scranton. 24/7 Access. http://www.uscranton.com/WS Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. Discover new *super magnetic* Thinking Putty. It's the perfect stocking stuffer! Find out more: http://puttyworld.com?a=awad ............................................................................ A tragic indicator of the values of our civilization is that there's no business like war business. -Douglas Mattern, peace activist (b. 1933) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/shanks_mare.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/shanks_mare.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/shanks_mare.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
