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Definition of Leg-pull
1. Noun. As a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leg-pull
Literary usage of Leg-pull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Osteopathy, Research and Practice by Andrew Taylor Still (1910)
"... so bring the lame leg over and across the knee of the well leg; pull down
slightly on the foot and as you take the lame leg off the sound knee ..."
2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"Preis the haunches back with the palm of the hand, take hold of the bend of the
hock ol one leg, pull at it, and reach'the foot; both feet may thus be ..."
3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"To make the horse canter, leading with his right leg, pull his head slightly to
the left with the left rein and press him quickly with the left heel. ..."
4. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1911)
"... lengthwise of the leg. Pull the wire almost taut, leaving about 3 in. slack to
spare, and cut off the wire on the outside of the seat- edge hole. ..."
5. Index to Short Stories by Ina Ten Eyck Firkins (1915)
"JHD Leg pull. Williams, JL Legacy. Bacon, JD Legacy. Hopkins, MSB Le Gallienne,
Richard, 1866- Amis and Amile In Romances of old France ..."
6. Osteopathy, Research and Practice by Andrew Taylor Still (1910)
"... so bring the lame leg over and across the knee of the well leg; pull down
slightly on the foot and as you take the lame leg off the sound knee ..."
7. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"Preis the haunches back with the palm of the hand, take hold of the bend of the
hock ol one leg, pull at it, and reach'the foot; both feet may thus be ..."
8. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"To make the horse canter, leading with his right leg, pull his head slightly to
the left with the left rein and press him quickly with the left heel. ..."
9. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1911)
"... lengthwise of the leg. Pull the wire almost taut, leaving about 3 in. slack to
spare, and cut off the wire on the outside of the seat- edge hole. ..."
10. Index to Short Stories by Ina Ten Eyck Firkins (1915)
"JHD Leg pull. Williams, JL Legacy. Bacon, JD Legacy. Hopkins, MSB Le Gallienne,
Richard, 1866- Amis and Amile In Romances of old France ..."
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