caliper-shaped

Updated: May 14, 2025

The man was a little sawed-off, red-headed Irishman, with twinkling, gimlet eyes, two up-curved lips always in a broad smile, and a pair of thin, caliper-shaped legs. His name was as brief as his stature. "Fin, your honor, by the grace of God. F-i-n, Fin.

Francis Hopkinson Smith - The Under Dog