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wooden leg

collocation in English

meanings of woodenand leg


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wooden
adjective
uk /ˈwʊd.ən/ us /ˈwʊd.ən/
made ...
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leg
noun[C]
uk /leɡ/ us /leɡ/
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing ...
See more at leg


Examples of wooden leg


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Who pays the man for making the woodenleg?
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This is a sticking plaster on a woodenleg.
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It is as much use as a plaster on a woodenleg.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I shall always remember one woman who had a woodenleg.
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One case brought to my notice was that of a man who had a woodenleg.
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She came along just because she could not get a sock for her woodenleg.
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We do not treat a woodenleg, but the individual who carries it.
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One might as well expect a mink to inherit a woodenleg as to inherit docility.
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For instance, supposing a soldier with a woodenleg damages it, who is going to have to repair it?
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He said that he was taking a risk—it is more like backing a whippet with a woodenleg.
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My fear is that the labelling in question will be like a plaster on a woodenleg.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
He will be pleased to think that someone has not noticed that he has a woodenleg.
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I shall believe in mixed-ability football when there is a centre forward with a woodenleg.
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He pointed out that the cost of servicing his woodenleg every year ran away with a quite substantial part of his income.
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If a man is a spy and has only one eye or a woodenleg he is to be permitted to stay.
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Once the child knows the problem he has, it is rather like knowing that he has a woodenleg—he can deal with it.
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His nickname derived from his woodenleg, having lost a limb in combat.
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During one of these battles, he again lost his woodenleg.
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In order to walk, a woodenleg had to be fastened to his knee.
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This woodenleg, actually carved out of whalebone, allowed him to walk with minimal difficulty.
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For one of them the ship's carpenter made a woodenleg.
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She was dressed in mens clothes, and had a woodenleg.
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To offer only that small sum is a mockery, it is like putting sticking plaster on a woodenleg or offering pills to cure an earthquake.
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