legless

/ (ˈlɛɡlɪs) /


adjective
  1. without legs

  2. informal very drunk

Words Nearby legless

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How to use legless in a sentence

  • She was married first at the age of sixteen to the legless and lecherous writer Paul Scarron.

    The Best of Brit Lit | Peter Stothard | March 5, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • A third of the rarest moths of the collection for the man of India were antennaless, legless, wingless, and often headless.

    A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton Porter
  • A few yards behind Mr. Bentley came Mr. Allison with the legless chairs.

    Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • The next day his legless body was upon a marble slab in the morgue.

    Negro Tales | Joseph Seamon Cotter
  • legless dolls and snow-men are named after this foreigner, whose name is associated almost entirely with what is ludicrous.

    The Religions of Japan | William Elliot Griffis
  • Many of these legless soldiers with artificial limbs can walk so well that one would never imagine that they had been wounded.

    Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. Nichols