white leg
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The suggestion was received with a howl of applause, and, three minutes later, the bare portion of MacGregor's white leg was made to correspond in color with the other.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Stanley Waterloo
She did her best, poor thing, and several times we in the boat below saw a stout white leg suddenly descend, but it was immediately drawn back, and she never let go of her sailors.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
Below this black and white leg covering come the long boots, made from one piece of seamless hide.
From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by G. Whitfield Ray
Just you look here,” cried Dick, and down one of his coarse worsted stockings, he displayed a great bruise on his white leg.
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by George Manville Fenn
A nervous terror seized him, and, paralyzed by fright, he pointed out to Tonio the white leg of Aminta, around which a viper had coiled itself.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
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