shanks

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• crook shanks

  A nickname for a man with bandy legs. He buys his boots in Crooked Lane, and his stockings in Bandy-...

  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