Reverse Dictionary: LEG

ADJECTIVES
– BADGER-LEGGED having legs of unequal length, as the badger was vulgarly supposed to have …a1704
– BANDY-LEGGED bow-legged
– BANDY-SHANKED bandy-legged; having thin crooked legs; bowlegged …1908 Amer. dial.
– BANTY bowlegged …1927 Amer. dial.
– BANTY-LEGGED bowlegged …1927 Amer. dial.
– BENCH-KNEED bowlegged; having crooked legs; esp. used of dogs, and in derogation, of persons …1906 Amer. dial.
– BENCH-LEGGED bowlegged; having crooked legs; esp. used of dogs, and in derogation, of persons …1866 Amer. dial.
– BOOLIE crooked, deformed; of the legs: bandy …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOWDIE-LEGGIT having bow-legs …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOW-HOUGHED bow-legged …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOW-LEGGIT having bandy legs …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAWN-BURDENED having sturdy calves or legs …Bk1911 Sc.
– BROKE-LEGGED † having bandy legs; having the leg or legs broken or crippled …1377
– BUCK-ANKLED having bent or uneven legs …1969 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN-HAMMED bandy-legged → 18C sl.
– CUTE bow-legged → 1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
– DUCK-LEGGED having unusually short legs → 1650
– FUBSICAL fat and squat; said of the figure, limbs, etc. → 1834 rare
– FUBSY fat and squat; said of the figure, limbs, etc. → 1780
– GAMBED †* having legs …a1661
– GAM-LEGGED having crooked legs …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GANDER-LEGGED thin-legged …19C US sl.
– GANGLESHANK long-legged …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GUMMY of the ankles and legs: puffy, swollen, as if charged with lumps of gum …1740
– HAMBLE-SHANKED † maimed or lame in the leg ..1661
– HATCHET-LEGGED having crooked or misshapen legs …1970 Amer. dial.
– HAWMED † of legs: bandy, curved …1610
– HAWM-LEGGED † bandy-legged, bow-legged …1608
– ILL-LEGGED adj. having unshapely legs …1848 Sc.
– INDIAN-TOED having legs that are noticeably bent or uneven …1968 Amer. dial.
– JACK-LEGGED of legs: noticeably bent or uneven …1967 Amer. dial.
– JAMBY † strong on the legs …a1400
– JUG-LEGGED having noticeably bent or uneven legs → 1966 Amer. dial.
– LATH-LEGGED long-legged …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEGGY long-legged …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LIMBER-LEGGED feeling weak in the legs …1967 Amer. dial.
– LONG-BUTTED having very short legs …1958 Amer. dial.
– LONG-SPARRED having long arms or legs …1916 Amer. dial.
– MAISLED of the legs: speckled from sitting over the fire …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIZZLED having different colours; mottled, spotted, speckled; said especially of the legs when discoloured by sitting too near the fire …1832 Sc.
– MONOCOLOUS having only one leg → 1798 obs.
– PAMMY fat, thick; having thick, swollen legs …1878 Eng. dial.
– PLEASURE-BENT of legs: bowed, bent …1965 Amer. dial.
– QUEER-GAMMED bandy-legged …E19 sl.
– SCRAE-SHANKIT having long, slender legs …1822 Sc.
– SCRAWMY-CAUF’D having a badly-shaped leg …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHARP-SHINNED having slender legs or shanks
– SHITEPOKE long-legged …1976 Amer. dial.
– SKRAE-SHANKED having thin, spindly legs …1822 Sc. 
– SPINGLE-LEGGED long-legged …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TIMBER-TOED having a wooden leg …1814 sl.
– TWANGLING † small, weak; having small legs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNDERLEGGED † having legs too slender in proportion to the body …1681
– UNDERLIMBED having legs too slender in proportion to the body …1686
– YAMMY of the legs: well-shaped, stout …1868 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
1609 ► STRIDELONG with the legs wide apart → obs.
1873 ► ASPLEW of the legs: extended awkwardly, wide apart → Eng. dial.
1898 ► ASKEW of the legs: extended awkwardly, wide apart → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► ASPODE of the legs: wide apart, stretched out → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► ASPOLE of the legs: wide apart → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
– ABC scorch marks on one’s legs …1920s Irish sl.
– AMMUNITION LEG a wooden leg → L19 sl.
– BACCY STICK a leg …1885 Amer. sl.
– BACK-SPAULD the hind leg …1824 Sc.
– BACON AND EGGS legs …1940s rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
– BENCHED LEGS crooked or sprawling legs …1859 Amer. dial.
– BENCH LEGS crooked or sprawling legs …1859 Amer. dial.
– BENDER the leg …1849 sl., orig. US
– BIRD LEGS very thin legs …1967 US sl.
– BOTTLE LEGS crooked legs …1950 Amer. dial.
– BOW-HOUGHS crooked legs or thighs …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAN the calf of the leg …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAND the calf of the leg …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRAWN the calf of the leg …Bk1911 Sc.
– BROOMSTICKS thin, undersized limbs …1896 colloq.
– CABBAGE-STUMPS the legs …L19 sl.
– CANTLE the leg of an animal …1811 Eng. dial.
– CHEVROLEGS the human legs, as used for transportation, instead of a car …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHIMNEY LEGS very thick legs …1950 Amer. dial.
– CLOTHES-PEGS. the legs …1940s rhyming sl.
– COWBOY LEG a bowleg → 1967 Amer. dial.
– CRADLE LEGS noticeably bent or uneven legs → 1970 Amer. dial.
– CRIBBAGE PEG a leg …Brit. rhyming sl.
– DAIKON LEGS short, pale, and fat legs …1981 Hawaiian youth sl.
– DEADLEG a numb feeling in the leg following a kneeing in the thigh by an attacker …Bk1990 Brit. sl.
– DOOG GELS of a passing woman: good legs …M19 back-slang
– DRUMSTICK a leg, esp. a shapely female leg → 1770 UK sl.
– DUCK-LEGS short legs → 1714
– DUCK’S DISEASE shortness of legs …1925 jocular
– EASTER EGG the leg …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– GAM the leg; orig. applied to a crippled leg, later to a woman’s leg …1785 UK sl.
– GAMB a leg, esp. a female leg …L18 sl.
– GAMBA †* the leg of a horse …1607
– GAMBER of persons: the leg, thigh, small of the leg …1895 Eng. dial.
– GAMBREL of persons: the leg, thigh, small of the leg …1746 Eng. dial.
– GAME-PAW a game leg …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAMMEREL of persons: the leg, thigh, small of the leg …1746 Eng. dial.
– GAMMON † a leg, thigh of a person …1756 Sc.
– GAMMY LEG a lame leg …M19 sl.
– GINGER MEGGS legs …Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
– HAM AND EGGS legs …Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl.
– HATCHET LEG a crooked or misshapen leg …1970 Amer. dial.
– HOMMOCKS large, awkward feet or legs …1809 Eng. dial.
– IRISH ARMS thick legs …20C sl.
– IRISH-LEGS thick legs …Bk1896 sl.
– JAYBIRD LEGS very skinny legs …1967 Amer. dial.
– JURY-LEG a wooden leg, or any contrivance to supply the place of a disabled leg …1850
– KNEE-BOARD † the part of the leg at the back of the knee; the back of the thigh or hough …c1425
– LALL the leg; usually in the plural …1967 UK sl.
– LALLETTE a leg; usually used in plural …1967 sl.
– LALLIE a leg; usually used in plural …1967 sl.
– LALLY a leg; usually used in plural …1967 sl.
– LALLY-PEG the leg; usually in the plural …1967 UK sl.
– LANDING GEAR the legs …1941 US aviators’ usage
– LEGITIS any leg affliction …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LEGLET 1. a little leg …1821
2. an ornament for the leg …1836
– LONGFELLOWS long legs …1994 Amer. dial.
– LYLE a leg; usually used in plural …1967 sl.
– MILEPOSTER a person’s leg …1955 US Black sl.
– MILL-POSTS very thick or fat legs …Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– MOGGANS the legs …B1900 Sc.
– NETHERLINGS clothing for legs …1852 nonce word
– NETHERS * lower limbs or parts …1822
– PAIR OF COMPASSES the human legs, esp. when accentuated by the tight trousers that were fashionable c1880 …L19 sl.
– PAT AND CHARLIE one’s own legs …1966 Amer. dial.
– PEDESTRIAN DIGITS the legs …c1890 schoolboys’ sl.
– PEG a wooden leg …1833 colloq.
– PEGS the legs …1833 jocular
– PIANO SHAFTS unshapely legs …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PINS the legs …1530 sl.
– POLES the legs → 1960 S. Afr. sl.
– POTHOOKS bent or uneven legs …1965 Amer. dial.
– PRAMS the legs → 1920 Sc. sl.
– PROPS the legs …1828 sl.
– PUDDING-LEGGIE a fat, chubby leg …1844 Sc.
– RAMMER the leg …M19 sl.
– SCOTCH (EGG) the leg; usually plural …1962 UK rhyming sl.
– SCOTCH PEG a leg …1857 rhyming sl.
– SCRAB a thin, shrivelled limb …1866 Sc.
– SCRABBLE a thin, shrivelled limb …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAWMY-CAUF a badly-shaped leg …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCROG a long, crooked, scraggy limb …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCROG-LEGS bandy legs; crooked shanks …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHAFTS the human legs …1930s US Black sl.
– SHANKS the legs …jocular
– SKEETER LEG a very thin leg …1889 Amer. dial.
– THE SMALL the slender part of the leg between the ankle and the calf → 1450
– STEMS the legs …1860 sl.
– STUMPS the legs …a1460 sl.
– TABLE LEGS people’s legs that are noticeably bent, uneven, or not right; thick legs …1968 Amer. dial.
– TAMP BRACES (derogatory) unattractive legs on a woman …1930s US Black sl.
– TAMPON BRACES (derogatory) unattractive legs on a woman …1930s US Black sl.
– TEBBIE the calf of the leg …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIB the calf of the leg …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIBBY the calf of the leg …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIMBER a wooden leg; hence, a leg …1807 sl.
– TIMBER-LIFTERS legs, limbs, esp. when wearing wooden clogs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIMBERS legs, limbs …1751 Sc.
– TIMBER-TOE a wooden leg …1785 sl.
– TINKER’S TARTAN a mottled discolouration of the legs caused by sitting too close to a fire …1964 Sc.
– TODDLERS the legs …M19 sl.
– UNDERPINNERS the legs …1859
– UNDERPINNINGS the legs …1848 US sl.
– UNDERSTANDINGS the legs …E19 sl.
– UPRIGHTS the legs …L19 UK Black sl.
– UPSTANDERS the legs …1899 Eng. dial.
– WALKERS † a person’s legs …c1611
– WHEELS the legs …1927 US sl., orig. criminals’
– WOODEN PEG a leg …Brit. sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
– BALLOCKS IN BRACKETS a bow-legged man …1937 UK sl.
– BANTY a bow-legged person …1948 Irish sl.
– BENDY a bow-legged person …1948 Irish sl. 
– BOWLIE a term of contempt for a bow-legged person …Bk1911 Sc.
– CROOKSHANKS a knock-kneed or a bow-legged person …17C sl.
– DADDY-LONG-LEGS a tall, lanky person with long legs …Bk1896 sl.
– HALF-A-FOOT a person with a wooden leg …1927 W. Indies sl.
– HEIFER LEGS a girl with large calves → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
– LEG-MAN a man strongly attracted to women with beautiful legs; a man sexually stimulated by women’s legs …1940s US colloq.
– LONGSHANKS a tall or long-legged person …1889 Amer. dial.
– MONOPED a person having only one foot or one leg …1873
– MUNSTER HEIFER a thick-legged and/or thick-ankled woman …c1810 Anglo-Irish
– RAINBOW a bowlegged person …Bk20C sl.
– RED-SHANK a term of contempt for a Highlander; a bare-legged person …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAG-CAUF a woman with thin legs …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SKEETER LEGS a person with thin legs …1966 Amer. dial.
– TANGS-LEGS a person with long thin legs …1905 Sc.
– TIMBER-TOE(S) a wooden-legged man …1785 sl.
– WISHBONE a nickname for a man with extremely bowed legs …Bk1936 US cowboy usage 
– WONKY LEGS someone with deformed legs; a cruel term for a cripple …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– ZAD a deformed or crooked person; a bandy-legged person; a hunchbacked person …1725 sl.

PHRASES
– BEEF TO THE HEEL(S) with rather overweight legs …1867 sl.
– CALVES GONE TO GRASS said of slender, undeveloped legs, with lack of calves …1813
– COULDN’T STOP A PIG IN A GATE said of a bow-legged person …1860 colloq.
– COULDN’T STOP A PIG IN A GINNEL said of a bow-legged person …1882 colloq.
– COULDN’T STOP A PIG IN A PASSAGE said of a bow-legged person …2012 colloq.
– COULDN’T STOP A PIG IN A TWO-FOOT ALLEY said of a bow-legged person …1991 colloq.
– HE COULDN’T HEM A PIG IN A ONE-FOOT DITCH said of a bowlegged person, or of one whose legs are uneven or not right …1968 Amer. dial.
– HE COULDN’T HEM UP A HOG IN A DITCH WITH A SACK BETWEEN HIS LEGS said of a bowlegged person, or of one whose legs are uneven or not right …1968 Amer. dial.
– HE COULDN’T HEM UP A PIG IN A RAIL FENCE said of a bowlegged person, or of one whose legs are uneven or not right …1968 Amer. dial.
– HER THIGHS WOULDN’T STOP A PIG IN A HALL said of a woman with thin, widely-spaced legs …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LEGS RIGHT UP HER ASS a male description of a woman with exceptionally long and attractive legs …1930s sl., orig. US
– LEGS RIGHT UP TO HER ARSE a male description of a woman with exceptionally long and attractive legs …1930s sl., orig. US
– LEGS RIGHT UP TO HER BUM a male description of a woman with exceptionally long and attractive legs …1930s sl., orig. US
– SIT LIKE MISS QUEENIE to sit with your legs crossed as others work …1977 Dominica
– VEAL WILL BE CHEAP – CALVES FALL! a mocking cry aimed at one who has very thin legs …L17 sl.

VERBS
1000 ► SHED THE SHANKS to set the legs apart → Sc. obs.
1768 ► FAIK of a person: to fold, bend, or tuck a limb under one → Sc.
L18 ► BUY ONE’S BOOTS IN CROOKED LANE AND ONE’S STOCKINGS IN BANDY-LEGGED WALK to have bandy legs → sl.
19C ► FAKE ONE’S PIN to ‘create’ a sore or wounded leg → criminals’ sl.
1812 ► FAKE A PIN to create a sore leg, or to cut it, as if accidentally, with an axe, etc., in hopes to obtain a discharge from the army or navy, to get into the doctor’s list, etc. sl.
1879 ► HANDLE THE FEET to make good use of the legs → Eng. dial.
1900 ► DILLUP to dangle the legs → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAISLE → MEASLE to cause the legs to become speckled by sitting too close to a fire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1940 ► PRANG to break an arm or a leg → sl.
1968 ► LOSE THE USE OF SHANK’S MARE to lose the use of one’s legs → Amer. dial.