单词 | spindleshanks |
释义 | spindleshanks (once / 622069 pages) n WORD FAMILY spindleshanks USAGE EXAMPLESHe was dressed in Knickerbockers, with red stockings, which displayed his poor little spindleshanks; he also wore a brilliant red cravat. Lanier, Sidney, The English Novel—And the Principle...(2012) “Perhaps they call you Sheepshanks, or Cruickshanks, or Spindleshanks?” she suggested eagerly. Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James), Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of...(2010) "Odds fudge—you have spindleshanks!" cried Madcap Moll irrelevantly. Loraine, Lorn, Terribly Intimate Portraits(2010) 1n a thin person with long thin legs Syn|Hyper spindlelegs scrag, skin and bones, thin person a person who is unusually thin and scrawny 2n long thin legs Syn|Hyper spindlelegs leg a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle |
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