Definition of Leggism

1. the character of a black leg [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leggism

leggers
legges
leggie
leggier
leggiero
leggies
leggiest
leggily
leggin
legginess
legginesses
legging
legging it
leggings
leggins
leggism (current term)
leggisms
leggo
leggy
leghaemoglobin
leghair
leghairs
leghemoglobin
leghold
leghorn
leghorns
legibilities
legibility
legible
legibleness

Literary usage of Leggism

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

1. The Partridge: Natural History by H. A. Macpherson, Archibald John Stuart-Wortley, George Saintsbury (1896)
"If anybody is fortunate enough to possess in his larder partridges proper, un- contaminated with red-leggism, young, plump, and properly kept, ..."

2. Chess Player's Chronicle (1843)
"There is a touch of " leggism " about this adventure, which we wish could be effaced from the ..."

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