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单词 leg-stretcher
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leg-stretchern.

Brit. /ˈlɛɡstrɛtʃə/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡˌstrɛtʃər/
Forms: see leg n. and stretcher n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leg n., stretcher n.
Etymology: < leg n. + stretcher n., after to stretch one's legs at leg n. Phrases 3k.
1. A walker. In quots. as a nickname or epithet for the English traveller and writer, Thomas Coryate (?1577–1617).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot
foota1225
footmana1382
walkerc1390
footera1425
ganger1424
trampler1580
foot folk1583
marcher1589
leg-stretcher1612
foot traveller1631
pedestrian1641
ambulator1652
foot walker1751
turnpiker1812
foot passenger1832
ped1863
voetganger1902
jaywalker1917
stepper1934
foot-slogger1956
1612 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat 12 This worthy man thy fame on high doth heaue, Yet Mounsieur Leg-stretcher [sc. Thomas Coryate], pray giue me leaue.
1616 T. Coryate Traveller for Eng. Wits 42 Your..most obliged Countreyman..the..Legge-stretcher of Odcomb in Somerset, Thomas Coryate.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata viii. 263 By no means forgetting our Renowned Leg-stretcher, Thomas Coriat of Odcomb.
1870 G. P. R. Pulman Rambles, Roamings & Recoll. 21 The Leg Stretcher wandered about the Holy Land—visiting all he could find of the Seven Churches, and taking ‘great observation’ of Jerusalem.
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 849/2 These words of the eminent poet..show us best what sort of a man the leg-stretcher was, and best explain his popularity.
2015 A. Parr Renaissance Mad Voy. vi. 181 The eulogy inspired by his own walking trip is..more like some of the less polished panegyrics about Coryat the leg-stretcher.
2. A walk; (sometimes) spec. one taken to stretch the legs after a period of sitting or inactivity. Cf. to stretch one's legs at leg n. Phrases 3k.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking for exercise or recreation > an act of
stretch?1760
rax1790
constitutional1829
leg-stretcher1882
walkies1929
1882 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 9 July 1/4 At 10 o'clock he starts on what he calls a ‘little stroll’, which is a leg-stretcher of eight miles at a rapid pace.
1904 Outing Aug. 545/2 The scouts rejoin the boats as they touch shore, and a general changing of places occurs, with a dash up in the field for a leg-stretcher.
1942 ‘M. Home’ House of Shade iii. 57 Marigny was suggesting a leg-stretcher... The two made their way out to the glare of the sun.
1970 Daily Tel. 23 May 9 Now lonely, neglected, and often overgrown, they provide delightful leg-stretchers, on the springy turf, for the motorist with an hour or so to spare.
2003 W. G. Tapply Shadow of Death viii. 75 I took Henry for a leg-stretcher on the Common.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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