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Meanings of three-legged in English

Three-legged.

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Usage of three-legged in English
1
They managed not to fall, but three-legged-race walking required their full attention.
Takeover
2
Here Freydis sat on a three-legged stool, in conference with a panther.
Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
3
The Chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly.
Heart Of Darkness
4
There was a table, some boxes, and a couple of three-legged stools.
More Than Human
5
He sits on a three-legged wooden stool, hunched over a low-rise workbench.
The Irish Times
6
You may laugh, reader, but it was no joke, that three-legged race.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
7
Something that looked like a three-legged stool whirled furiously on its nose.
The Pinhoe Egg
8
Socknersh sat on his three-legged stool, staring at her in silence.
Joanna Godden
9
He brought up against a three-legged wall table near the door.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
10
Lad, rising with difficulty, followed; as fast as a three-legged gait would permit.
Further Adventures of Lad
11
He gave Meschini the only chair, and seated himself upon a three-legged stool.
Sant' Ilario
12
She shoved a three-legged stool towards me, and I took it.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
13
Their seats were three-legged stools, but the table was bountifully spread.
The Three Commanders
14
Margaret sat right under it, upon a creepie, or small three-legged wooden stool.
David Elginbrod
15
She adjusted a small pillow on a three-legged stool and sat.
Cleopatra's Moon
16
The three-legged stool revolved on the front and the machine trembled all over.
The Pinhoe Egg