ankle-high

Pendleton the remorseless Bichon Frise, who saunters down the sidewalk on his 12-foot leash and then clotheslines you ankle-high.

Have We All Gone to the Dogs? Joe Queenan 2012

We pulled over on the shoulder of the road where a dirt path spotted with clumps of ankle-high grass winded toward an abandoned mill next to the pond.

To Hit a Woman (Lightly) Andrew Bowen 2010

Small, ankle-high, tip-toe-friendly streams became perilous chest-high rivers after the rains -- I waited for the water to recede.

Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

That search did not turn up the bomb hidden in his ankle-high hiking boots and the next day Reid successfully boarded the same flight for Miami.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Small, ankle-high, tip-toe-friendly streams became perilous chest-high rivers after the rains -- I waited for the water to recede.

Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

I politely covered my ears as Harold announced the challenge toward a lobster, ankle-high & smiling.

Clovertown Peter Kispert 2011

That search did not turn up the bomb hidden in his ankle-high hiking boots and the next day Reid successfully boarded the same flight for Miami.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

That search did not turn up the bomb hidden in his ankle-high hiking boots and the next day Reid successfully boarded the same flight for Miami.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

In her short leather jacket, ankle-high boots and leather cap, she looks younger than her age.

Lillian McEwen breaks her 19-year silence about Justice Clarence Thomas Michael A. Fletcher 2010

Then there's Potter's other tools of the trade: blonde bangs, glittery ankle-high shoes with killer stilettos and those "Ooh La La" long legs in a slithery, sparkly, silvery mini-dress that seem made for each other.

Michael Bialas: A Hot Winter Night in Denver With Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Michael Bialas 2011