Usually means: Tall person with long legs.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. longshanks: Merriam-Webster
  2. Longshanks, longshanks: Wordnik
  3. longshanks: Wiktionary
  4. Longshanks, longshanks: Dictionary.com
  5. Longshanks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Longshanks: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. longshanks: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Longshanks: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. longshanks: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Longshanks: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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  1. Longshanks: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (longshanks)

▸ noun:  (dated) A bird, the stilt.

Similar:
stiltbird, yellowshanks, stilt, redleg, shank, sandbird, black-winged stilt, shadbird, yellowshins, umber bird, more...

Opposite:
shortlegs, stubby, squat, low, petite

Phrases:
edward longshanks, more...



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Similar:
stiltbird, yellowshanks, stilt, redleg, shank, sandbird, black-winged stilt, shadbird, yellowshins, umber bird, more...

Opposite:
shortlegs, stubby, squat, low, petite

Phrases:
edward longshanks, more...



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