spindleshanks
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Mickey Mantle's spindleshanks spoiled what might have been his best season, stranding him on the bench for a third of the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
To think I feared you once, old spindleshanks!
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
The oarsman will become "stale" unless the method of exercise is varied; the gymnast will develop the upper part of his body, while his lower extremities will remain spindleshanks.
From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman
He was dressed in Knickerbockers, with red stockings, which displayed his poor little spindleshanks; he also wore a brilliant red cravat.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
"Oh, if you'd seen her!" says he—"such spindleshanks!"
From The Hoyden by Duchess
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