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leggies

leggies is the plural of leggie.

leggies is the plural of leggy.

Meaning of leggie

Noun

leggie (plural leggies)

  1. (childish) A leg (limb).
    • Once when I was trying to make his position a little more comfortable, he said — "Never mind left leggie, mamma; it does not need any care. What would I give if poor right leggie was only like it once more!"1870, Nearer to Jesus, memorials of Robert Walter Fergus
  2. (slang) A leg spin bowler, i.e. leg spinner.
    • I'm still top leggie, says Warne [article title]2004 February 12, Chloe Saltau, The Age
  3. (slang) A leg break delivery.
    • Boon couldn't handle my inswingers, Waugh had no idea with my off-cutters and my leggies were making Taylor dizzy.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 7
  4. A leg rope.

Meaning of leggy

Adjective

leggy (comparative leggier, superlative leggiest)

  1. (UK, US) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
    • Fred preferred leggy blondes.
  2. (slang) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
    • Pam looked leggy today because she was wearing a miniskirt.
  3. Having numerous legs.
    • the leggiest centipede ever found
  4. Taller or longer than usual.
    • Plants grow leggy if deprived of light.

Questions about leggies

What is leggies the plural of?
Leggies is the plural of leggie.

Words near leggies in the dictionary

  1. leggiadrous
  2. Leggian
  3. leggie
  4. leggier
  5. leggiero
  6. leggies
  7. leggiest
  8. leggily
  9. leggin
  10. leggined
  11. legginess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leggies (page history and authors); leggie (page history and authors); leggy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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