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  • His is a surprisingly thin-legged erring knight-errant, admittedly heavy of paunch, but also with the aquiline nose and glinting blue eyes of a true aristocrat, if more than past his prime and short on scruples.

    Rodney Punt: The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tours Santa Monica's Broad Stage Rodney Punt 2010

  • His is a surprisingly thin-legged erring knight-errant, admittedly heavy of paunch, but also with the aquiline nose and glinting blue eyes of a true aristocrat, if more than past his prime and short on scruples.

    Rodney Punt: The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tours Santa Monica's Broad Stage Rodney Punt 2010

  • His is a surprisingly thin-legged erring knight-errant, admittedly heavy of paunch, but also with the aquiline nose and glinting blue eyes of a true aristocrat, if more than past his prime and short on scruples.

    Rodney Punt: The Merry Wives of Windsor -- Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Tours Santa Monica's Broad Stage Rodney Punt 2010

  • But here and there amid the comfortable clutter were a few good pieces: the thin, frayed Oriental rugs upon the floor were vibrant with color; the exquisite thin-legged desk and chair in the corner gleamed with the patina of old wood, and a good watercolor hung on the wall above them.

    Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009

  • He was a short, round-bodied, thin-legged little man, with a jerky quality in his motions; he had seen fit to clothe his extraordinary mind in a cricket cap, an overcoat, and cycling knickerbockers and stockings.

    First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006

  • A thin-legged speedster with hands so gifted he has earned the nickname "The Magician," Coria is the first player from his country to reach the No. 3 ranking since Guillermo Vilas, for whom he is named.

    USATODAY.com - Don't cry for these Argentines 2004

  • He trained his lance upon a Saracen riding a thin-legged bay.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Johnson consulted with a thin-legged, short-skirted verger about the disposition of the party.

    The History of Mr. Polly 2003

  • When he stepped out on the wet, dark-coloured boards of the platform, he saw a group of people in front of the first-class carriage, among whom were conspicuous a stout lady with costly feathers on her hat, and a waterproof, and a tall, thin-legged young man in a cycling suit.

    Resurrection 2003

  • Nearer the fair, swarthy, thin-legged men were pushing barrels of water towards the market-place, and the gipsy women, with hard brows, and dressed in tight velvet bodices, hurried along the pavement with jugs of milk, and great brass water ewers and loaves and breakfast parcels.

    The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 2003

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