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-- Procure a fine fresh wooden-leg, one from Chelsea is the best.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892 Various
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Thorer-Widlegr (wooden-leg), from the substitute he had adopted; and his wife, Thorgrima, called Galldra-Kinna (wicked sorceress), from her supposed skill in enchantments.
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"Pie de Palo," or "wooden-leg," by the Spaniards, were as detestable in
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Clarence Henry Haring 1922
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Page 113 superior construction, much greater usefulness of the member can be secured after the supra-malleolar amputation has been performed; but, for the attachment of the "wooden-leg," upon which our soldiers must rely under existing circumstances, the shorter stump is far more available.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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Then giving the Irishman and the Dustman some silver, to act as Supporters or Esquires, one on each side, they proceeded along Shoe-lane, preceded by Billy Waters flourishing his wooden-leg and feathers, and fiddling as he went -- the Irishman roaring out with Stentorian lungs,
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He met and shot the first lady's brother; the next day he called out the second, who had a wooden-leg; and their place of meeting by appointment being in a new ploughed field, the wooden-leg man stuck fast in it.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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Page: 253 riming, and beg some other way, in the ancient manner of such who haunt Morefields on Sundays; if thou hadst but a fore leg or arm, with a Partner, the structure of whole body is built on timber, (in plain English) a wooden-leg; thou thous wouldst thrive on't.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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But to see their clothes, and the various sorts, and what a mixture of things there was; here a wooden-leg, there
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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But to see their clothes, and the various sorts, and what a mixture of things there was; here a wooden-leg, there
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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But to see their clothes, and the various sorts, and what a mixture of things there was; here a wooden-leg, there a ruff, here a hobbyhorse, there a crown, would make a man split himself to see with laughing; and particularly Lacy's wardrobe, and Shotrell's.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1665/66 Pepys, Samuel 1666
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