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spraddle-legged
[ sprad-l-leg-id, -legd ]
adjective
- moving with or having the legs wide apart:
a spraddle-legged walk.
adverb
- with the legs sprawled, spread apart, etc.:
sitting spraddle-legged on the chair.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spraddle-legged1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
He was perhaps seven feet and a handful of inches tall, and was sitting, spraddle-legged, at the table.
From Project Gutenberg
Letha shrugged and leaned back against the tree trunk again, sitting spraddle-legged this time in the hope of catching Evon's eye.
From Project Gutenberg
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