What's the difference between spindlelegs and spindleshanks?
Spindlelegs
Definition:
(n.) A spindleshanks.
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Spindleshanks
Definition:
(n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) He is uncommonly fine-drawn and, with a designer's eye to effect, enhances this spindleshanks look by the tightness of his drawn clothes.
(2) Shaw, safer on his bicycle with the specially lengthened frame to fit his spindleshanks, was the terror of the village on his two stroke, frequently colliding with stationary objects or falling off.