spindleshanks


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Noun 1. spindleshanks - a thin person with long thin legs
scrag, skin and bones, thin person - a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
2. spindleshanks - long thin legs
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
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spindleshanks

[ˈspɪndlʃæŋks] N → zanquivano/a m/f
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spindleshanks

n (inf)
pl (= legs) → Streichholzbeine pl (inf), → Stelzen pl (inf)
sing (= person) → Langbein nt (inf)
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