spindleshanks
/spin-dl-shangks/US // ˈspɪn dlˌʃæŋks //
纺纱厂,纺纱,纺车,纺锤形的人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural spin·dle·shanks.
- : spindlelegs.
Examples
When a man has such spindleshanks as yours, he shouldn't put on so many airs.
Is your name, perhaps, Sheepshanks Cruickshanks, Spindleshanks?
Compliments are the makeshifts of the elderly to call away attention from their spindleshanks.
Perhaps they call you Sheepshanks, or Cruickshanks, or Spindleshanks?
Perhaps you are called Roast-ribs, or Sheepshanks, or Spindleshanks?
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