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dog-legged

[ dawg-leg-id, -legd, dog- ]

adjective

  1. bent like the hind leg of a dog; zigzag.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dog-legged1

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Example Sentences

But it is short and narrow and dog-legged, and, particularly when Simpson is playing on it, dangerous.

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