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spindleshanks
[ spin-dl-shangks ]
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Other Words From
- spin·dle-shanked [spin, -dl-shangkt], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spindleshanks1
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Example Sentences
When a man has such spindleshanks as yours, he shouldn't put on so many airs.
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Is your name, perhaps, Sheepshanks Cruickshanks, Spindleshanks?
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Compliments are the makeshifts of the elderly to call away attention from their spindleshanks.
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Perhaps they call you Sheepshanks, or Cruickshanks, or Spindleshanks?
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Perhaps you are called Roast-ribs, or Sheepshanks, or Spindleshanks?
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