Usually means: Having long, thin, weak legs.
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  1. spindle-shanked: Merriam-Webster
  2. spindle-shanked, spindle-shanked: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spindle-shanked: Vocabulary.com
  4. spindle-shanked: Wordnik
  5. spindle-shanked: Wiktionary
  6. spindle-shanked: Dictionary.com
  7. Spindle-shanked: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. spindle-shanked: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. spindle-shanked: Rhymezone
  10. Spindle-shanked: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. spindle-shanked: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. spindle-shanked: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spindle-shanked: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Spindle-shanked: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (archaic, derogatory) Thin and lanky, with long legs.

Similar:
lean, thin, spindle-legged, spindly, spindling, small, rangy, spindlelike, lanky, skewerlike, more...

Opposite:
sturdy, robust, muscular, well-built, strong-legged

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Similar:
lean, thin, spindle-legged, spindly, spindling, small, rangy, spindlelike, lanky, skewerlike, more...

Opposite:
sturdy, robust, muscular, well-built, strong-legged



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