Crossword clues for spindleshanks
spindleshanks
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spindleshanks
Spindleshanks \Spin"dle*shanks`\, n. A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
Wiktionary
spindleshanks
n. (context archaic derogatory English) A thin, lanky person with long legs.
WordNet
spindleshanks
n. a thin person with long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs]
long thin legs [syn: spindlelegs]
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.