Meaning of be-legginged | Babel Free

Examples

“Dressed and coated, over-shoed and be-legginged, bundled to within an inch of our lives in scarfs, sweaters, stocking caps and mittens, we waited for the sound of sleigh bells that meant “Grampa” was coming with the bobsled to take us to “Gramma’s” for dinner.”

“All shined up and be-legginged in their brave Confederate gray uniforms, they lept from foot to foot, sort of moved around in a general way to keep the circulation going without drawing too much attention, and tried the number four deep breathing exercise, but still couldn’t make much of a defense against that fog which came blowing in and settling down and sticking closer than a brother.”

“THERSITES, who is a sort of one-man chorus for Shakespeare in his barbed commentary on war, lechery and assorted follies of man, shows up in the person of John Neville as a be-legginged, Norfolk-jacketed combination of early war correspondent and photographer.”

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