crook shanks

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• shanks

  Legs, or gams. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Crook

  ·noun A <<Pothook>>. II. Crook ·noun Any implement having a bent or crooked end. III. Crook ·noun ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• crook

  Sixpence. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• long shanks

  A long-legged person. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shanks naggy

  To ride shanks naggy: to travel on foot. SCOTCH. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• spindle shanks

  Slender legs. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• red-shanks

  arsmart N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Throw-crook

  ·noun An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• crook back

  Sixpence; for the reason of this name, see CRIPPLE. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• crook-lug

  a long pole with a hook at the end of it, used for pulling down dead branches of trees. Glou. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• racking crook

  a crane, or pot-hook. Northumb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• crook your elbow

  To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--ac...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• by hook or by crook

  One way or other; by any expedient.--Johnson. It can't be done by hook or crook, Unless your Highn...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.