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knock-kneed

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knock-knee (nkn)
n.
A deformity of the legs in which the knees are abnormally close together and the ankles are spread widely apart.
knock-kneed adj.
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Adj.1.knock-kneed - having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart
unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
Translations
knock-kneed [ˈnɒkˈniːd] ADJ → patizambo (fig) → débil, irresoluto
knock-kneed [ˌnɒkˈniːd] adj → che ha le gambe a X
knock-kneed [ˌnɒkˈniːd] adj → che ha le gambe a X


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In fact, Quasimodo, blind, hunchbacked, knock-kneed, was only an "almost.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
A short, thinnish man, very pale and handsome, with feminine hips and knock-kneed legs, with fine brilliant eyes and long hair lying on the collar of his coat, was standing at the end of the room gazing at the portraits on the wall.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Craig, the gardener, he was a sensible man enough, to be sure, but he was knock-kneed, and had a queer sort of sing-song in his talk; moreover, on the most charitable supposition, he must be far on the way to forty.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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