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legs
noun- in the entertainment industry, staying power and continuing popularity US, 1978
- Yeah, I know we lost the bullet, spins are down slightly, but that record still has legs, man. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 106, 1999
- stamina in sport; staying power AUSTRALIA
- Football is all about “legs”, whether you’ve “got em” or you “haven’t got em”. — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 49, 1986
- the duration of the intoxication from a central nervous system stimulant US
- Either the speed “has good legs” or it “doesn’t have legs.” — Geoffrey Froner, Digging for Diamonds, p. 41, 1989
- (of a shot in pool) momentum, force US, 1835
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 135, 1993
- an ability to continue or last AUSTRALIA
- You think these abos have got legs for another story? — Harrison Biscuit, The Search for Savage Henry, p. 67, 1995
- a bicycle messenger CANADA, 1993
- — Jack Chambers (Editor), Slang Bag 93 (University of Toronto), p. 4, Winter 1993
▶ do your legs
in police slang, to severely damage your career prospects UK- — The Official Encyclopaedia of New Scotland Yard, 1999
▶ have legs all the way up to your armpits/bum
to have long, beautiful legs AUSTRALIA, 1944- “Cor, what a pair of legs!” Dingo pointed to Debbie. “Yeah, really beaut,” confirmed Sloppy. “All the way up to the armpits.” — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 80, 1962
- Have a look at the last one. The blonde. She’d have a decent pair of legs. All the way up to her bum. — C. Green, Picnic at Hanging Rock: A film, p. 23, 1975
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