spindleshanks

[ spin-dl-shangks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

, plural spin·dle·shanks.

First recorded in 1560–70; spindle + shank + -s ³

When a man has such spindleshanks as yours, he shouldn't put on so many airs.

Is your name, perhaps, Sheepshanks Cruickshanks, Spindleshanks?

Compliments are the makeshifts of the elderly to call away attention from their spindleshanks.

Perhaps they call you Sheepshanks, or Cruickshanks, or Spindleshanks?

Perhaps you are called Roast-ribs, or Sheepshanks, or Spindleshanks?

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