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  • noun The state of having long legs.

Etymologies

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leggy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • One trick you can do to check the legginess is to place them outside in full sun any time you can.

    Cooking seems to be my thing Ren Allen 2008

  • The fennel, the dill and the oregano are now all flowering and gone to rambling legginess.

    July 15th, 2006 dame_habonde 2006

  • There's the whole legginess of them, and then there's the issue of how they crunch.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Mercedes 2007

  • The fact that she went by Jacky or Jackie back then didn't help, nor did the quintessential 60s legginess and that quasi-Continental cool with which she comported herself.

    You don't know Jacq Arbogast 2007

  • There's the whole legginess of them, and then there's the issue of how they crunch.

    Worth Every Flinch Mercedes 2007

  • Their small figures brought out the legginess of the mares; beside the compact range horses their gait was sprawling, but the wise eye of Marianne saw the springing fetlocks kiss the dust and the long, telltale muscles.

    Alcatraz Max Brand 1918

  • : Zoe Saldana, in all her elegant legginess, would snatch this up.

    Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices Whitney Teal 2010

  • It has retained its skinny legginess and curved sides, along with its crisp screen and slightly annoying shake-to-shuffle music feature.

    The News Tribune Blogs newstips@thenewstribune.com (RACHEL METZ; The Asso 2009

  • A striker for the Basque side Athletic Bilbao, he's six feet and five inches (!) of legginess, blond curls, and

    Kickette Blog 2008

  • Her legginess was taken as another sexual signal on her part; however, in her defence, she claims that it was supposed to be for Runner’s World.

    ProWomanProLife » Now, THAT’s sophisticated! 2009

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