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Definition of Spindle-shanked
1. Adjective. Having long slender legs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spindle-shanked
Literary usage of Spindle-shanked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Richard Mansfield: The Man and the Actor by Paul Wilstach (1908)
"Striding with gay feathers tall, Hiding the holes in the hat, Eagle-eyed,
spindle-shanked all, Cat-whiskered, teeth of the rat! Dub them pierce-paunch and ..."