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WOODEN LEG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wooden leg" is a kind of...):
prosthesis; prosthetic device (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)
Context examples:
Before, and after them, I walked about—supervised, as I have mentioned, by the man with the wooden leg.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
That cruel man with the wooden leg aggravated my sufferings.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I HAD led this life about a month, when the man with the wooden leg began to stump about with a mop and a bucket of water, from which I inferred that preparations were making to receive Mr. Creakle and the boys.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The great relief and satisfaction experienced by the boys made them difficult to manage; and though the dreaded Tungay brought his wooden leg in twice or thrice, and took notes of the principal offenders' names, no great impression was made by it, as they were pretty sure of getting into trouble tomorrow, do what they would, and thought it wise, no doubt, to enjoy themselves today.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Her only association with the word was a yellow face and a nightcap, or a pair of crutches, or a wooden leg, or a dog with a decanter-stand in his mouth, or something of that kind; and she stared at me with the most delightful wonder.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Steerforth and the rest to work: which is only second, in my foreboding apprehensions, to the time when the man with the wooden leg shall unlock the rusty gate to give admission to the awful Mr. Creakle.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Over a door in this wall was a board with SALEM HOUSE upon it; and through a grating in this door we were surveyed when we rang the bell by a surly face, which I found, on the door being opened, belonged to a stout man with a bull-neck, a wooden leg, overhanging temples, and his hair cut close all round his head.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Whether Mr. Creakle was in earnest, or whether he only did it to frighten me, I don't know, but he made a burst out of his chair, before which I precipitately retreated, without waiting for the escort of the man with the wooden leg, and never once stopped until I reached my own bedroom, where, finding I was not pursued, I went to bed, as it was time, and lay quaking, for a couple of hours.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I heard that the man with the wooden leg, whose name was Tungay, was an obstinate barbarian who had formerly assisted in the hop business, but had come into the scholastic line with Mr. Creakle, in consequence, as was supposed among the boys, of his having broken his leg in Mr. Creakle's service, and having done a deal of dishonest work for him, and knowing his secrets.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
