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- noun Plural form of
hindleg .
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Examples
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Ambam isn't the first gorilla to walk on his hindlegs.
WATCH: Gorilla Walks Upright Like A Human The Huffington Post 2011
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Ambam isn't the first gorilla to walk on his hindlegs.
WATCH: Gorilla Walks Upright Like A Human The Huffington Post 2011
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A goat can stand on the end of a stick -- a rat can climb up almost anything but a glass bottle: a dog can stand on his hindlegs like a gentleman -- and a heron or a crane can stand on one leg -- But did you ever see a horse stand on one leg -- or on his hindlegs except for a minute in an ill temper?
Carolyn Vega: John Ruskin's "Great Horse-Controversy" Carolyn Vega 2011
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The bear rises onto its hindlegs and climbs over the wall of the house.
The bit with the bear attack (novel excerpt) Steve Himmer 2011
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Maybe they were wrong, but the leading critics (save for a small handful with whom I simply do not agree) are generally close enough to be helpful most of the time – and none of us is right all the time, even when we stand on our hindlegs and proclaim that we can pick out wines blind.
Tasting Bordeaux 2005 blind with Robert Parker | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I swerve in front of the gate, hindlegs following forelegs too late and I stumble, right myself, twist past the piss-hut and the old woman shouts, - ¡Vuelve aquí! but I don't.
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I swerve in front of the gate, hindlegs following forelegs too late and I stumble, right myself, twist past the piss-hut and the old woman shouts, - ¡Vuelve aquí! but I don't.
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I swerve in front of the gate, hindlegs following forelegs too late and I stumble, right myself, twist past the piss-hut and the old woman shouts, - ¡Vuelve aquí! but I don't.
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She was 15.2, huge for the time, and her idea of fun was to stand on her hindlegs with me on her back and walk across the road.
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Like a Western quarter horse, he could rise on his hindlegs and in an instant spin around 180 degrees.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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