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dog-legged

[ dawg-leg-id, -legd, dog- ]

adjective

  1. bent like the hind leg of a dog; zigzag.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dog-legged1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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The map included one bright blue line that dog-legged west from Chicago through Moline with a terminus in Iowa City.

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Mike Clem, state archaeologist for the region, explored about 40 feet inside the tunnel until it dog-legged into an even narrower one and became so tight he had to army crawl backward to retreat.

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By 2023, if all goes well, this weedy, dog-legged parcel will feature a community clinic, a public charter school, plus affordable spaces for local businesses and nonprofits.

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Cocaine often makes its way to buyers in the United States and Europe via smuggling routes through Venezuela, Central America and Mexico and across the Caribbean and Atlantic oceans, on a dog-legged path to avoid entering Colombian air space.

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The much-wanted stroke was given to him at the next hole, which is a dog-legged thing bending to the left, with rough and bunkers to be avoided.

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