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game-leg
a lame leg. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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game-leg
A lame limb, but not so bad as to unfit for duty.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Game
·noun Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
II. Game ·noun To play at any sport or diversion.
III. Game ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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game
1) Any mode of robbing. The toby is now a queer game; to rob on the highway is now a bad mode of act...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Leg
·vt To <<Bow>>.
II. Leg ·vt To <<Run>>.
III. Leg ·vt To use as a leg, with it as object.
IV. Leg ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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leg
To make a leg; to bow. To give leg-bail and land security; to run away. To fight at the leg; to take...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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leg
n.
mining term. a peculiar form ofquartz-reef, forming a nearly vertical prolongation of thesaddle....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leg
The run made on a single tack. Long and short legs (see tack and half-tack).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Badger game
·add. ·- The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Consolation game
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Game fowl
·- A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Make-game
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Match game
·add. ·- A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vantage game
·add. ·- The first game after the set is deuce. ·see <<Set>>, ·noun, 9.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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die game
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Leg bridge
·add. ·- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their ex...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Puff-leg
·noun Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water leg
·- ·see <<Leg>>, 7.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leg Tavern
On the north side of Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt, now occ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hind leg
To kick out a hind leg; to make a rustic bow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jury leg
A wooden leg: allusion to a jury mast, which is a temporary substitute for a mast carried away by a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black-leg
The common term here and in England for a gambler.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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leg bail
To give leg bail, is to run away.--Grose.
Sae weel's he'd fley the student's a',
Whan they were sk...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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keel leg
Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock."
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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leg along
Ropes laid on end, ready for manning.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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leg-bail
Dishonest desertion from duty. The phrase is not confined to its nautical bearing.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bandy Leg Alley
By Fleet Ditch. In Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Leg Court
South out of Cheapside at No. 66, between Bow Lane and Queen Street, in Cheap Ward (Elmes, 1831).
F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Leg Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near Bethlem Churchyard (Strype, ed....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Two Leg Alley
In Old Bethlehem (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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show a leg!
An exclamation from the boatswain's mate, or master-at-arms, for people to show that they are awake ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Leg and Ball Alley
South out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall, in Broad Street Ward.
Broad Street...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Leg Court, Yard
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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straight as a loon's leg
is a common simile in New England.
They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.