one-leg|ged

one-leg|ged
one-leg|ged «WUHN LEHG ihd, -LEHGD», adjective.
1. having only one leg: »

... one-legged, pedestal-based chairs, dining tables and coffee tables that have all the weightless elegance of a stemmed wine glass (Time).

2. Figurative. one-sided: »

a one-legged argument.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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