Definitions
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- adjective of the legs having the
knees abnormally close together, and theankles spread apart - adjective of a person suffering from
genu valgum (or tibia valga)
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Examples
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The last time I had let myself go so completely was with Tim, which still left me knockkneed in my own kitchen six years later, as I had discovered tonight.
Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004
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The last time I had let myself go so completely was with Tim, which still left me knockkneed in my own kitchen six years later, as I had discovered tonight.
Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004
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The door crashed open and the piano player made his ridiculous, knockkneed run for the sun.
The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982
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When the old farmer went up to him with knockkneed, rheumatic tread, inquiring, "Well, how goes it?" the architect would reply:
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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A few feet away he tried to read what was on the map, but, unable to do so, drew closer, pale-faced and knockkneed, and stared at the map and the little flags.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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A few feet away he tried to read what was on the map, but, unable to do so, drew closer, pale-faced and knockkneed, and stared at the map and the little flags.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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A few feet away he tried to read what was on the map, but, unable to do so, drew closer, pale-faced and knockkneed, and stared at the map and the little flags.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897
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After about an hour, Len turned his family’s knockkneed, powder blue Buick onto a dirt road, where he had to dodge potholes.
GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL GREGORY SPENCER 2007
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You mean that knockkneed mother’s darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?
Ulysses 2003
yarb commented on the word knockkneed
Joyce, Ulysses: "You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?"
September 26, 2007