yellow-legs

West than nine-tenths of the school men but I've seen him sit for an hour absolutely dumb, half scared to death, listening to the cheap twaddle of some smart 'yellow-legs' with the ink not dry yet on their diplomas.

The Winning of Barbara Worth Harold Bell Wright 1908

Ere the "yellow-legs" had retired, momentarily, from the field of display, every small boy in the crowd -- and many a large one -- had decided that the life of the trooper must be his.

Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands 1895

Such water birds as the avocets, godwits, greater yellow-legs, long-billed curlew and Eskimo curlew are becoming very rare.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

But one day Mr. Burgan and the other yellow-legs told me that they were going to fish in Lake Killarney, a lovely little lake in the interior of the island, about five miles from the town, and that if I liked I might go along.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

"Bang! bang!" went the guns of the yellow-legs, and the turkey actually stopped and looked back.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

The day after this walk, the shorter "yellow-legs" asked me to go out fishing with him.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

We turned around quickly, and saw that the tall yellow-legs had just fired at a big bird.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

I was a good runner, and Rectus was light and active, although I am not sure that he could keep up the thing very long; but the two yellow-legs surprised me.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

The other yellow-legs went out riding with his wife, but I think he wanted to go with us.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868

"I guess we just ran that upstart queen out of her possessions," said the tall yellow-legs, dusting his boots with his handkerchief.

A Jolly Fellowship Frank Richard Stockton 1868