Jack. - Horntip

Leggy. ' 79 Length.
LEGGY, adj. (colloquial).— Long-legged.
1848. THACKERAY, Book of Snobs,
ch. x. You behold Slapper's long-tailed,
LEGGY mare.
1884. Field, Dec. 6. Her colour
and markings are capital, in expression
and style fair, but she is LEGGY and light
in bone.
LEGITIMATE, adj. (racing).— i. Flatracing
as distinguished from steeplechasing
or hurdle-racing; and
(2) drama—especially the Shaksperean—as
opposed to burlesque.
1888. Sportsman, 28 Nov. It was
certainly a change from the bustle and
excitement connected with the windingup
of the LEGITIMATE season.
LEGLIN-GIRTH. TO CAST A LEG-
LINGIRTH, verb. phr. (Scots').—
To be got with child. [LEGLIN
milkpail + GIRTH = hoop].
d.1758. RAMSAY, Poems (I800), i. 274.
Or bairns can read, they first maun spell,
I learn'd this frae my mammy, And
COOST A LEGLEN GIRTH mysel, Lang Or I
married Tammie.
LEG OF MUTTON, subs. phr. (corn-
mon).—A sheep's trotter.
Adj. (common).—Leg-of-mutton
shaped ; as in the case of
sleeves, whiskers, sails, etc.
1866 W. D. HOWELLS, Venetian
Life, xx, With their honest, heavy faces
comically anglicised by LEG-OF-MUTTON
whiskers.
LEG OF MUTTON FIST. See MUTTON
FIST.
LEG OF THE LAW, subs. phr. (corn-
mon).—A lawyer. Also LIMB OF
THE LAW.
LEGS-AND-ARMS, subs. (tailors').—
Bodiless beer. For synonyms see
DRINKS and SWIPES.
LEG-SHAKER, subs. (common).-.---A
dancer. Fr. un gambilleur.
LEGSHIRE, subs. (common).— The
Isle of Man. [In allusion to the
heraldic bearings].
LEG-SHOP, subs. (common).— 1. A
theatre whose speciality is the
display of the female form. Hence,
LEG-PIECE = a play contrived to
that end ; LEG-BUSINESS = the
condition of a woman whose chief
work is to show her legs ; and
LEG-SHOW = the personnel of a
LEG-SHOP in action.
1871. A. E. EDWARDS, Ought We
to Visit Her, p. . ' She was,' says
Adonis, in the LEG BUSINESS.'
1875. CLEMENS ( 4 Mark Twain'),
Screamers, p. 15. Nothing, sir,' was
the reply ; only they're playing 'Undine'
at the Opera House, and some
folks call it the LEG-SHOP.'
1882. MCCABE, New York, 206.
They are liberal patrons of the drama,
especially the ballet and the LEG-BUSINESS.
LEG-STRETCH ER,subs.(American).—
A drink : i.e., an inducement or
a pretext for going out. See TO
STRETCH ONE'S LEGS. For syno-
nyms see Go.
LEMON. To SQUEEZE THE LEMON,
verb.phr. (common) . —To urinate.
For synonyms see Piss.
LEMON JOLLY. See COLLY MOLLY.
LEND, subs. (old colloquial).—A
loan : e.g. For the LEND of the
ass you might give me the mill'
(Old Ballad).
LENGTH, subs. (thieves').—i. Six
months' imprisonment. For synonyms
see DOSE.