wooden leg
Example Sentences
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Following that advice, he offered a deadpan response when his character was shot in the wooden leg.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2019
As the pirate drops to the ocean floor, he struggles to untangle his wooden leg from rigging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2017
After the ordeal, army medics outfitted the wounded bird with a small wooden leg to help it walk.
From The Verge ● Dec. 13, 2015
Wamoru Shigemitsu’s wooden leg caused him trouble as he climbed the steep gang plank leading to the broad deck of the USS Missouri.
From Time ● Sep. 2, 2015
Cher Ami lost his shattered leg, but army medics carved a small wooden leg for him.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
