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A thin person with long thin legs
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spindleshanks
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Word definitions for spindleshanks in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spindleshanks \Spin"dle*shanks`\, n. A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a thin person with long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs ] long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic derogatory English) A thin, lanky person with long legs.
Usage examples of spindleshanks.
Of course, a spindleshanks with thinning hair could be a wonderful person, but a lady should know what hid beneath the covers.
What he saw stunned even him: a huge, ragged man pulling a cart and his cousin Percy, beak nose under a sequined half mask, hairy spindleshanks under a short Roman toga, pouring whiskey down the throat of a half-dead horse.