spindleshanks as a noun: - 1
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spindleshanks
noun
1 spindleshanks
A thin person with long thin legs.
synonym: spindlelegs.
Roget 203:
narrowness
etc.
adj.;
closeness,
exility†;
exiguity
etc.
(little)
193.
line;
hair's breadth,
finger's breadth;
strip,
streak,
vein.
monolayer;
epitaxial deposition [Eng.].
thinness
etc.
adj.;
tenuity;
emaciation,
macilency†,
marcor†.
shaving,
slip
etc.
(filament)
205;
thread paper,
skeleton,
shadow,
anatomy,
spindleshanks†,
lantern jaws,
mere skin and bone.
middle constriction,
stricture,
neck,
waist,
isthmus,
wasp,
hourglass;
ridge,
ghaut†,
ghat†,
pass;
ravine
etc.
198.
narrowing,
coarctation†,
angustation†,
tapering;
contraction
etc.
195.
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Dutch: spillebeen
Polish: patyk
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