What does wooden-legged mean?
Wooden-legged means Having a wooden leg..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having a wooden leg..
It was the Earls Court installation on the Piccadilly tube, opened on October 4, 1911, which really began the successful career of the escalator in this country. At first the public mistrusted it, and a wooden-legged man called "Bumper" Harris was engaged to travel up and down all day to give passengers confidence. Today there are 181 escalators at 57 London Transport stations.
Use wooden-legged when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wooden-legged means Having a wooden leg..
Common synonyms include peg-legged.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was the Earls Court installation on the Piccadilly tube, opened on October 4, 1911, which really began the successful career of the escalator in this country. At first the public mistrusted it, and a wooden-legged man called "Bumper" Harris was engaged to travel up and down all day to give passengers confidence. Today there are 181 escalators at 57 London Transport stations.
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