Shank's mare

[Scot LaFaive]

>Google Books has DARE.

I was unaware that DARE was on Google Books now. How very interesting!


On Jan 16, 2008 3:31 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> FWIW, I had. I don't know if I heard it or read it, probably the latter,
> but
> I adopted it for occasional use.
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> Google Books has DARE. A Google search for
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> > "shank's mare" "Dictionary of American Regional English"
>
> brings it up.
>
> I mentally categorize it with "Adam's ale", meaning water... except that
> that can nowadays be confused with products of the Samuel Adams brewing
> company, which I am fond of.
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> Mark Mandel
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> On Jan 16, 2008 3:13 PM, Scot LaFaive <scotlafaive at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The Merriam-Webster word of the day for Jan. 16 is "shank's mare."
> > According
> > to MW it's been around at least since the 17th century. I can't check
> > DARE,
> > but I'm mildly curious if it is or was a regionalism in the U.S.
> > Personally,
> > I had never heard of this name for one's own legs before today.
> >
> > Scot
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