Bandy-legged
having crooked legs; bowlegged.
Historical Examples
He introduced her to his brother officers, and all went well for about a fortnight, when she eloped with a bandy-legged tinker.
Social England under the Regency, Vol. 1 (of 2) John Ashton.
Lots of boys pretend they are bandy-legged when they see me coming.’
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
Sometimes he would appear on deck in the middle of the night, looking very grotesque and bandy-legged in his sleeping suit.
Tales Of Hearsay Joseph Conrad
He was bandy-legged from being coaxed to stand alone too soon.
An Anarchist Woman Hutchins Hapgood
Did I swap a dress suit for this bandy-legged pup, I wonder?
The Woman Gives Owen Johnson
When he stood up, Gloria saw that he was bandy-legged and very short.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) F. Marion Crawford
This message could hardly have come from Beth’s “bandy-legged buzzard.”
The Vagrant Duke George Gibbs
The wood-box yielded him; a small, jovial, bandy-legged puppy.
A Man’s Hearth Eleanor M. Ingram
“And very wide awake she is, is Miss Todd,” said the admiring Mr. Wutsanbeans, as he stood among his bandy-legged satellites.
The Bertrams Anthony Trollope
Tiny, malformed, and bandy-legged, it was still the spitting image of him.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow
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