one-legged

[ wuhn-legd, -leg-id ]

adjective

1. having only one leg.
2. one-sided, as an argument or point of view.
3. ineffectual because certain basic elements, measures, etc., are lacking:

   one-legged legislation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of one-legged¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

And humility, well, that's about as useful as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest.

From The Daily Beast

In the distance I spotted banners on buildings and a pair of one-legged fishermen balancing with large cone-shaped nets.

From The Daily Beast

Take Hulga, the one-legged shut-in in “Good Country People.”

From The Daily Beast

A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.

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The one-legged Vietnam vet is serving as chairman of the Senate committee overseeing the Embryonic Stem Cell Bill.

From The Daily Beast

I should say there were twenty one-legged pensioners to one without an arm there.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither does a one-legged man yearn sentimentally over his missing member.

From Project Gutenberg

He is reported to have said: "Ain't we in a —— of a fix, a one-eyed president, a one-legged general and a one-horse Confederacy."

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As well blame a one-legged man for hopping when trying to run.

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Hoppy was the keeper of the reservoir, a one-legged Irishman with a crutch.

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