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bandy-legged
[ ban-dee-leg-id, -legd ]
adjective
- having crooked legs; bowlegged.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bandy-legged1
First recorded in 1680–90
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Example Sentences
The epithets are carefully arranged up a scale until they reach bandy-legged—an utterly unpardonable insult.
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Close behind him came another: a bandy-legged, squat fellow like a little black spider, in attendance.
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The wood-box yielded him; a small, jovial, bandy-legged puppy.
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The man was a small bandy-legged creature, with eyes that squinted, a complexion like ham fat and waxed moustaches.
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He was a little bandy-legged body, with a large aquiline nose, a hunched back, and a most sinister squint.
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