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Meanings of bowlegged in English

Have legs that curve outward at the knees.

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Examples for "bowed"
1
The Cure bowed; the Notary shook back his oiled locks in excitement.
The Right of Way — Volume 03
2
He saw the Cure bowed in prayer; he heard the trembling voice.
The Right of Way, Volume 6
3
The figure in sealskin looked very girlish; the veiled head was bowed.
It Happened in Egypt
4
We're sorry, a bureau official said, as all the officials bowed deeply.
The Irish Times
5
Experienced figures from the last Labour government bowed out of the game.
The Guardian
1
Call it what you will; we shall not bandy words about it.
A Cardinal Sin
2
The gods play at ball with us and bandy us every way:
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 17
3
Tiny, malformed, and bandy-legged, it was still the spitting image of him.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
4
The man either disdained to bandy words or had no retort ready.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
5
A short, bandy-legged man hopped to do as he had been bidden.
The waste lands
1
Tiny, malformed, and bandy-legged, it was still the spitting image of him.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
2
A short, bandy-legged man hopped to do as he had been bidden.
The waste lands
3
Lots of boys pretend they are bandy-legged when they see me coming.'
Chatterbox, 1905.
4
They are not the bandy-legged baby studying the fashions in the tailor's window.
Reprinted Pieces
5
One sweep of his eyes told the bandy-legged fellow as much.
Mavericks
1
He grinned at them again and set off in a bowlegged trot.
Tough customer: a novel
2
He walked bowlegged back to his hunter green Bronco and climbed inside.
Desert places: a novel of terror
3
Dandine sprang from the booth, dragging me up in a bowlegged wobble.
Internecine
4
When you saw her naked, did you see that she was bowlegged?
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
5
He's this bowlegged FST soldier that comes barreling into the room.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
Usage of bowlegged in English
1
He grinned at them again and set off in a bowlegged trot.
Tough customer: a novel
2
He walked bowlegged back to his hunter green Bronco and climbed inside.
Desert places: a novel of terror
3
Dandine sprang from the booth, dragging me up in a bowlegged wobble.
Internecine
4
He was glad to feel Lonny's bowlegged grip against his ribs again.
Roads of Destiny
5
When you saw her naked, did you see that she was bowlegged?
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
6
He's this bowlegged FST soldier that comes barreling into the room.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
7
He is stiff from his long ride and he hobbles, bowlegged.
The red queen
8
Wings stepped through the narrow hall with an affected bowlegged gait.
Nemesis Game
9
The grizzled, bowlegged cook ambled cheerfully into the laboratory, pushing a lunch cart.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
10
He was a heavy-set, slouchy man in jeans, broad-shouldered and bowlegged.
Oh, You Tex!
11
Paddy is a reddish gold golden retriever, dim and soppy and mildly bowlegged.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
12
Mr. Hodges was as leathery and bowlegged as an aged cowboy.
Carrion comfort
13
Matthew followed the man, who walked with a pronounced bowlegged gait.
Speaks the Nightbird
14
Louise is a bit bowlegged and she has tiny little feet.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
15
I had no particular fancy for tailoring-youget bowlegged in time!
The Right of Way — Volume 02
16
He was a bowlegged, elderly German with a large bald head.
The new yorker
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