spraddle-legged

spraddle-legged
\usu | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|legə̇d, Brit usually -gd\ adverb (or adjective)
: with the legs wide apart : straddle-legged

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/sprad"l leg'id, -legd'/, adj.
1. moving with or having the legs wide apart: a spraddle-legged walk.
adv.
2. with the legs sprawled, spread apart, etc.: sitting spraddle-legged on the chair.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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