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Why is a horse called a nag and other silly questions
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"So I know some people on here are good at answering the strange questions we all have
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Why are some horses called nags "
I'm going to assume it's an abbreviation of sorts for "knackers' yard".
A horse that was no good or too old to work would be sent to the knackers yard.
A useless horse is typically called a nag!? |
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A nag is a pony or a small horse and is used specifically to refer to an old or inferior animal. In Old English “nagge" originally denoted a worthless person and subsequently came to be used to mean a horse that was of little value. |
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"A nag is a pony or a small horse and is used specifically to refer to an old or inferior animal. In Old English “nagge" originally denoted a worthless person and subsequently came to be used to mean a horse that was of little value. "
I wasn't miles away! |
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By *aid backMan 23 weeks ago
by a lake with my rod out |
"A nag is a pony or a small horse and is used specifically to refer to an old or inferior animal. In Old English “nagge" originally denoted a worthless person and subsequently came to be used to mean a horse that was of little value.
I wasn't miles away!"
I'd have said you where right lol |
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