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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--shank's mare 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. -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. X-Bonus A tragic indicator of the values of our civilization is that there's no business like war business. -Douglas Mattern, peace activist (b. 1933)

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