legless
Britishadjective
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without legs
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informal very drunk
Example Sentences
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The village churchyard has become a haven for local wildlife - in particular slow worms, a non-venomous species of legless lizard often mistaken for snakes.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Diners sit in front of a sign advertising frogs’ legs in a restaurant as a despondent legless amphibian rolls out of the kitchen.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
Now scientists have finally straightened out how these legless escape artists use only a simple collection of muscles and neurons to seamlessly slither out of tight tangles.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023
Early avatar models introduced by Meta, as well as Microsoft, have been ridiculed for appearing as legless, waist-up bodies floating around their virtual worlds.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
They were building a cook fire, and a legless man, who propelled himself on a little cart, was ferrying vegetables to a large stew pot.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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