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shank's mare 

Literally, your leg's horse. To go about on your feet. An old expression no one ever uses.
"You look beat! How did you get here?"
"I came all this way on shank's mare!"
"No wonder you're tired!"
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ride shank's mare 

You taking the bus to school? No I am going to ride shank's mare

Shane's Mare 

That's the name of the horse you ride when you you don't have a horse. You walk.
Q: How you gettin to town?
A: I'm takin Shane's mare.
Shane's Mare by wotboa July 12, 2012

shanks mare 

mexican wheels idiom meaning to walk from old mexico
1,000 miles shanks mare and the stinking border patrol man stops me for WUI CUF ( walking under influnce & crawling under fence ). I much better off in gringo jail, nice bed, pot with handle (flush), internet, tecate, 1 ho each 5 hombre, una polo de salsa. I stay in your cuntry si.

PS amigos wtf I "huck my mare named shanks a 1,000 miles"
por favor amigos! big horse
shanks mare by itichie_nocanpo June 24, 2006
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