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bandy legs

n. outward curvature of the legs [syn: bow leg, bow legs]

Usage examples of "bandy legs".

Soon the bandy legs were to be seen outside the cave entrance once more.

Geno considered the jump and considered the consequences of not getting out of the fast-breaking boat, but the dwarf knew that his bandy legs couldn't possibly propel his body all the way to the shore.

Its furry tail stood up firm and round as a plume, its bandy legs served it so well that it would often gracefully lift a hind leg and run very easily and quickly on three legs, as if disdaining to use all four.

Then Bes wrapped those bandy legs of his around the giant's throat.

Powerfully built, with short bandy legs, the lone figure wore a gray cowled cloak despite the day's warmth.

He had short, bandy legs, long straggly ginger hair and bloodshot, baggy eyes that gave him the doleful look of a basset hound.

Queen Selyse's uncle was a keg of a man with thick arms and bandy legs.

Ser Axell was short and muscular, with a barrel chest, thick arms, bandy legs, and hair growing from his ears.

Seen up close, the beasts resembled the huge bats that sometimes lived in the biggest, deepest caverns, but with a hint of submerged humanity in the shape of the head and torso and the over development of its bandy legs.

The liveries must fit, and the figures of fat coachmen, and grooms with bandy legs -- for grooms are as bandy as the tailors who sit cross-legged all day on the board -- and footmen who are of all shapes, but must be made to look as much alike as possible, call for the most careful measurement, and the servants can be sharp with the tailor who does not work this near miracle.