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legs

/lɛɡz/ noun A1
  1. Eleven.
  2. Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting. (colloquial)
  3. The ability of a movie to continue attracting an audience. (figuratively, informal) · That movie is gonna have legs, I think.
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So they oiled his legs until he could move them freely; and he thanked them again and again for his release, for he seemed a very polite creature, and very grateful.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 27 · B2
In the center of the chair was an enormous Head, without a body to support it or any arms or legs whatever.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 68 · B2
It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 135 · B2
It has eight of these long legs, and as the monster crawls through the forest he seizes an animal with a leg and drags it to his mouth, where he eats it as a spider does a fly.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 135 · B2

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