clean-limbed

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Henry, the second brother, was erect, clean-limbed, alert.

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  1. adjective Having well-formed limbs; well-proportioned.

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  • The fellow in the doorway was goodlooking and clean-limbed, his bearing was calm, he looked elegant, aristocratic. —  Women in Love
  • At one of these dances she met young Robert Ross, a clean-limbed, good-looking young fellow about her own age. —  Children of the Bush
  • Kala was a fine clean-limbed young female, and they did not wish to lose her. —  Tarzan of the Apes
  • D'Arnot saw a clean-limbed young giant emerge from the shadows into the firelight and come quickly toward him. —  Tarzan of the Apes
  • The woman looked like a man, clean-limbed and as tanned as leather. —  There was a King in Egypt
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