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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of spraddle.

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Examples

  • When he arose, it was noticeable that he stood with legs spraddled over a large grass basket.

    THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

  • He thanked her for the dances, ordered another beer, took the glare from her man, a thickset pimp, his legs spraddled on a barstool up front.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • He thanked her for the dances, ordered another beer, took the glare from her man, a thickset pimp, his legs spraddled on a barstool up front.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • He thanked her for the dances, ordered another beer, took the glare from her man, a thickset pimp, his legs spraddled on a barstool up front.

    Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010

  • As it clings, the spraddled shape seems to curve slightly with the earth's roundness.

    The Mall of America 2002

  • As it clings, the spraddled shape seems to curve slightly with the earth's roundness.

    The Mall of America 2002

  • Lying on his stomach on the floor of the aircar, his arms spraddled out in front of him, Takuuna marveled at the human's indifference.

    Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • So in short order Ada found herself bent backward over the mossy well lip, canted in a pose with little to recommend it in the way of dignity or comfort, back arched, hips forward, legs spraddled for balance.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • He shook out his hide and spraddled his legs and pissed a long and satisfying piss.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • Then she shifted her legs and the covers slipped down, revealing her fine slim legs wrapped around Kronk, her pale thighs spraddled out obscenely, her hard little heels drumming against that hairy, blubbery ass as it pumped away and pumped away and pumped away until Kinch couldn't stand it any longer.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

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  • The word is used in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying to describe the mules carried away in the flood waters, "I see the mules come rolling slow up out of the water, their legs spraddled stiff..."

    June 19, 2009