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Definition of Barelegged
1. Adjective. Having the legs uncovered by clothing. "Barelegged children on the beach"
Definition of Barelegged
1. a. Having the legs bare.
Definition of Barelegged
1. Adjective. Having uncovered legs. ¹
2. Adverb. With uncovered legs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barelegged
Literary usage of Barelegged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"... I go barelegged, I do catch the ... I do go barelegged it is not for pryde.
I have a gray cote, my body for to hyde. ..."
2. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh to the by Thomas Warton (1824)
"... I go barelegged, I do catch the coffe. ... I do go barelegged it is not for
pryde. I have a gray cote, my body for to hyde. ..."
3. A Tramp Trip: How to See Europe on Fifty Cents a Day by Lee Meriwether (1886)
"The men, with their dresses and feathers and greasy hats, stroll about chatting
and flirting with the barelegged, red-cheeked women — apparently never in a ..."
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