stridelegs
English
Alternative forms
Adverb
stridelegs (not comparable)
- (Scotland) Astride.
- 1896, James Matthew Barrie, Sentimental Tommy, pages 160–161:
- So he stood stridelegs over Francie, who whimpered, "I wouldna have struck this one if that one hadna prayed for me. It wasna likely I would stand that."
- 1917, May Sinclair, The Tree of Heaven, page 91:
- Dorothy rode my bike stridelegs coming back, so that I could sit in the dog-cart.
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