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SPINDLESHANKS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long thin legs

Synonyms:

spindlelegs; spindleshanks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("spindleshanks" is a kind of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A thin person with long thin legs

Synonyms:

spindlelegs; spindleshanks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("spindleshanks" is a kind of...):

scrag; skin and bones; thin person (a person who is unusually thin and scrawny)

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