wooden leg
Example Sentences
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He lived in his own, strange world populated by hobos, French Canadians, cardsharps, trappers, a pig with a wooden leg, farmers, hooligans, and, for reasons no one will ever understand, Frank Stallone.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022
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
His wooden leg was gone, the socket that should have held the magical eye looked empty beneath its lid, and chunks of his grizzled hair were missing.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
