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Longlegs   /lˈɔŋlˌɛgz/   Listen
Longlegs

noun
1.
Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.  Synonyms: Himantopus stilt, long-legs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird.



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"Longlegs" Quotes from Famous Books



... found Mr. Verdant Green in bed, though sufficiently awakened by the sounding of Mr. Bouncer's octaves for the purposes of conversation; "this'll never do, you know, Giglamps! Cutting chapel to do the downy! Why, what do you mean, sir? Didn't you ever learn in the nursery what happened to old Daddy Longlegs when ...
— The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede

... fat jolter-head nearest me set his thumb out to stick it into the side armor of Longlegs, his companion, who rode cheek by ...
— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett



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