bow legs
Britishplural noun
Other Word Forms
- bow-legged adjective
Example Sentences
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He cited a 2016 global consensus report on rickets, a condition linked to vitamin D deficiency that causes soft bones and bow legs.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 12, 2021
Longhaired, white-bearded, gnarled and naked, he pulls himself onto the floe and walks on bow legs to an icebound schooner, carrying a rifle and ax.
From New York Times • May 2, 2018
They seemed, like my bow legs and extra butt cheek, almost endearing traits after a while.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2016
Not all the veterans had comparable conditions; some, for example, had bow legs.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’d seent this afore in Possum Moan; when you summed it up with his bow legs, these was signs that someone had got a bad dose of rickets when they was young.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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