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Definition of Leg-pulling
1. Noun. As a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leg-pulling
Literary usage of Leg-pulling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treatment of fractures: With Notes Upon a Few Common Dislocations by Charles Locke Scudder (1911)
"The surgeon grasps the ankle of the dislocated leg and flexes the knee to a right
angle. The weight of the leg pulling on the muscles about the hip gently ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"... which will be largely developed, especially on the side and towards the front
of the leg. Pulling at the handles will be almost entirely obviated when ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"... of her antennas and then a leg, pulling mildly and spasmodically at first,
but growing bolder, apparently on becoming aware of the inoffensive attitude ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1885)
"... and secured in position by band D going round leg. pulling upwards on upper
end of steel rod at C. FIG. 2.—Apparatus with strap drawing up areh of foot. ..."
5. In Malay Forests by William George Maxwell (1907)
"No sooner was the knot tied round the crocodile's mouth than Manap produced
another cord and slipped it over a fore-leg. Pulling the leg up to the animal's ..."
6. The Book of Entrées: Including Casserole and Planked Dishes by Janet McKenzie Hill (1911)
"Separate the flesh from the ribs on one side, push the flesh from the second
joint, then from the leg, pulling the flesh down over the ends of the leg bones ..."
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