spindleshanks

Definitions of spindleshanks
  1. noun
    a thin person with long thin legs
    synonyms: spindlelegs
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    type of:
    scrag, skin and bones, thin person
    a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
  2. noun
    long thin legs
    synonyms: spindlelegs
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    type of:
    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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