white leg
Britishnoun
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“Hang the scoundrels!” he cried; “anyone would think they had never seen an old man’s white leg before.”
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
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
It was a bay with a white leg, and I knew that Cockeye used to ride such a horse, and that there wasn't a better in the colony.
From A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
One of them, near Jacob, lured by the tempting plumpness, put out a long, red tongue, and gave a furtive lick to his fat white leg.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
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
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