| 单词 | shanks' mare |
| 例句 | The rebels ride on stolen nags, They travel on shanks' mare; The gore's awash, the heads they roll, All in the torches' glare. The Buttoned Sky The fire companies at the first alarm, in scarlet shirts, turned out on shortest notice, at a dead run on "shanks' mare." Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria He always rode a charger, while I travel on shanks' mare; He messed on wine and venison; I eat far humbler fare. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 "They are a whole lot better than 'shanks' mare,' Elder," said the young girl, laughing. How Janice Day Won We followed the wave of his hand, and climbed meekly aboard, although at lunch we had been carrying on an antiphonal hymn of praise to the pleasure and benefit of shanks' mare. Riviera Towns Again, his usual mode of travel had always been either to ride the rods or "hike" it on shanks' mare. The Air Trust |
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