white leg
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then they sent and searched for the black body, and on it they found a white leg.
From In God's Garden Stories of the Saints for Little Children by Steedman, Amy
“Not to-day,” said Max, giving involuntarily a rub of one white leg against the other.
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville
He caught sight of several inches of white leg above a pair of elastic-sided boots, out of which dangled black and orange tabs.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert
Jamie carefully laid the little white leg away in his box of playthings, and then both children went back to the window to watch the drops again.
From The Right Knock A Story by Van-Anderson, Helen
The people then pulled off my boots, and burst out into an involuntary exclamation of astonishment when they saw my white leg under my stocking.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
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