wooden leg
Example Sentences
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He lived in his own, strange world populated by hobos, French Canadians, cardsharps, trappers, a pig with a wooden leg, farmers, hooligans, and, for reasons no one will ever understand, Frank Stallone.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022
As the pirate drops to the ocean floor, he struggles to untangle his wooden leg from rigging.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2017
After the ordeal, army medics outfitted the wounded bird with a small wooden leg to help it walk.
From The Verge • Dec. 13, 2015
Wamoru Shigemitsu’s wooden leg caused him trouble as he climbed the steep gang plank leading to the broad deck of the USS Missouri.
From Time • Sep. 2, 2015
He stumped in on a crude wooden leg he himself had carved out of beechwood.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
