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elephant legs

elephant legs is the plural of elephant leg.

Meaning of elephant leg

Noun

elephant leg (countable and uncountable, plural elephant legs)

  1. (countable, humorous) The rotating slab of meat from which slices are carved when making kebabs.
    • Anyone who has ever spent the evening drinking, found the ever-rotating elephant leg to suddenly take on a mythic appeal and suffered for it the next day, can believe that a bad doner can contain up to 98 per cent and 148 per cent, respectively, of your RDA of salt and saturated fat.2014 January 17, Samuel Muston, “On the Menu”, in The Independent, page 39
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Elephantiasis of the leg.
    • Individuals who enjoy every comfort, and who are not exposed to great vicissitudes of temperature or changes of weather, are as liable to elephant leg as those who endure the hardships and privations of life.1833, Sir John Forbes, editor, The cyclopaedia of practical medicine, Elephantiasis Arabum

Questions about elephant legs

What is elephant legs the plural of?
Elephant legs is the plural of elephant leg.

Words near elephant legs in the dictionary

  1. elephant guns
  2. elephant in the corner
  3. elephant in the room
  4. elephant juice
  5. elephant leg
  6. elephant legs
  7. Elephant Moraine
  8. elephant paper
  9. elephant polo
  10. elephant race
  11. elephant races

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