Definition of Bandy legs

1. Noun. Outward curvature of the legs.

Exact synonyms: Bow Leg, Bow Legs
Generic synonyms: Disability, Disablement, Handicap, Impairment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandy Legs

bandulu
bandura
banduras
bandurria
bandurrias
bandwagon
bandwagon effect
bandwagon fallacy
bandwagons
bandwidth
bandwidths
bandy
bandy-leg
bandy-legged
bandy about
bandy legs (current term)
bandying
bandyings
bandylite
bandyman
bandymen
bane
baneberries
baneberry
baned
baneful
banefully
banefulness
banes
banewort

Literary usage of Bandy legs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"bandy legs are crooked legs, and the term is commonly used both of bow- ... A local song gives :— The space between my bandy legs К about a foot and a half. ..."

2. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"The seats are in the same curves with the rounded front and the bandy legs terminate in Dutch feet. These chairs belonged to Dr. Ezekiel Porter and date ..."

3. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"As I was going to sell my eggs, I met a man with bandy legs, bandy legs and crooked toes, I tripped up his heels and he fell on his nose. CXLVII. ..."

4. Specimens of Lyric Poetry, Composed in England in the Reign of Edward the First by Thomas Wright, British Library (1841)
"As I was going to sell my eggs, I met a man with bandy legs, bandy legs and crooked toes, I tripped up his heels and he fell on his nose. CXLVII. ..."

5. The Early Naval Ballads of England by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1841)
"As I was going to sell my eggs, I met a man with bandy legs, bandy legs and crooked toes, I tripped up his heels and he fell on his nose. CXLVII. ..."

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