dog-legged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dog-legged
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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The dog-legged course was 4,320 miles long and took more than 17 hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next came the tough celestial navigation tests, a dog-legged, 891-mile course from Butte to the Hoover Dam.
From Time Magazine Archive
The much-wanted stroke was given to him at the next hole, which is a dog-legged thing bending to the left, with rough and bunkers to be avoided.
From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry
But it is short and narrow and dog-legged, and, particularly when Simpson is playing on it, dangerous.
From Once a Week by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
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