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Definition of Spindle-legged
1. Adjective. Having long slender legs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spindle-legged
Literary usage of Spindle-legged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches by Robert Alexander Lancaster (1915)
"... and Mrs. Washington's sitting-room, where the mantel- mirror, spindle-legged
centre-table and some of the old furnishings are original. ..."
2. A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual by Myrta Lockett Avary (1903)
"The house was a house of spindle-legged chairs, spindle-legged piano, brass
fire-dogs, fine dark woodwork, candelabra of brass and crystal, ..."
3. Art Decoration Applied to Furniture by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1878)
"more, and are beginning to be cherished by us—the straight-backed narrow carved
chairs, the long spindle-legged tables and fire-screens whose claw feet are ..."
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