legs
staying power
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,058 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,343 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- staying power that old Broadway play really has legs
legs in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His legs almost gave way under him.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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He had a fat body and thin legs and arms.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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A big turkey, looking so comical with his legs stuck in his body that Jim laughed outright.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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M. Costeclar had crossed his legs, and with the end of his cane he was negligently tapping his immaculate boot.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She has built up her reputation by "break-downs," and has clutched the burlesque diadem with, innumerable bounds of her elastic legs.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1