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Definition of Loose-jointed
1. Adjective. Loosely articulated or constructed. "A loose-jointed paragraph"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loose-jointed
Literary usage of Loose-jointed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Tariff History: Germany, United States, France by Percy Ashley (1904)
"Our loose-jointed Empire, loose-jointed in area and in constitution alike, does
not seem to admit of this. Its history reminds us that its cohesion has ..."
2. A Handbook of Oral Reading by Lee Emerson Bassett (1917)
"He had a shambling — loose-jointed gait — nut unlike — that of the bear; his
short legs — bowed out — as if — they had been more — in the habit—of climbing ..."
3. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1902)
"I will state here that I was never one of the loose-jointed kind who can tie
themselves up into knots, but was firmly knit together. ..."
4. The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon by William Taplin (1803)
"loose-jointed. ... is faid to be loose-jointed, when his PASTERNS are fo long as
to let his HOOF come ..."
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