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Definition of Legless
1. Adjective. Not having legs. "A legless man in a wheelchair"
Definition of Legless
1. a. Not having a leg.
Definition of Legless
1. Adjective. Without legs. ¹
2. Adjective. (slang) Too drunk to stand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Legless
1. having no legs [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legless
Literary usage of Legless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"In Greece the people on Shrove Tuesday take a block of wood and dress it in old
clothes to represent a very fat but armless and legless personage. ..."
2. Russian Folk-tales: (tr. from the Russian) by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanasʹev (1916)
"... THE legless KNIGHT AND THE BLIND KNIGHT IN a certain kingdom in a certain land
a Tsar and his Tsaritsa lived. They had a son called Ivan Tsarevich, ..."
3. The Naval and Military Magazine (1828)
"... was safe lodged at home, And hie dear spouse, the moment that »he saw Her
legless mate—ran eagerly to shew'm The strength of her attachment. ..."
4. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-tales by Robert Nisbet Bain (1902)
"said legless. Then Armless kicked legless up to the oak, and legless pulled ...
But legless threw it seven miles. Then Armless said : " Take the hare and be ..."
5. Praise Blue Skies by Tom White (2003)
"In the background there is a playpen, cooking gear, a legless table supported by
ropes hung from tree limbs above and two hammocks slung between locust ..."
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