spindleshanks

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spindleshanks
    n 1: a thin person with long thin legs [syn: {spindlelegs},
         {spindleshanks}]
    2: long thin legs [syn: {spindlelegs}, {spindleshanks}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spindleshanks \Spin"dle*shanks`\, n.
   A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or
   in contempt.
   [1913 Webster]

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