one-legged
[wuhn-legd, -leg-id]
- having only one leg.
- one-sided, as an argument or point of view.
- ineffectual because certain basic elements, measures, etc., are lacking: one-legged legislation.
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Origin of one-legged
First recorded in 1835–45
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for one-legged
Contemporary Examples
And humility, well, that's about as useful as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest.
In the distance I spotted banners on buildings and a pair of one-legged fishermen balancing with large cone-shaped nets.
Take Hulga, the one-legged shut-in in “Good Country People.”
A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.
The one-legged Vietnam vet is serving as chairman of the Senate committee overseeing the Embryonic Stem Cell Bill.
Historical Examples
A one-legged, misery-eyed hunchback offered him penny diaries.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
The "Monocoli," or one-legged people, are mentioned by Pliny, Hist.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2)John Fiske.
I should say there were twenty one-legged pensioners to one without an arm there.
My Lady LudlowElizabeth Gaskell
"ONE-legged, you mean," he said, indicating his helpless limb.
Openings in the Old TrailBret Harte
Among them were three or four one-legged men and as many minus an arm.
Drum Taps in DixieDelavan S. Miller