lanky-limbed

Updated: July 14, 2026

Dawson never lost an opportunity of having a fling at Bracebridge, who had passed so rapidly by him in the school, and had beat him at all their games. "No, no; I mean a lanky-limbed, long-faced fellow, who looks as if his face was made of butter. I think I know him," said Barber. "Oh, you mean that miserable wretch Ellis," snarled Blackall. "He's a fellow born to be licked.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Ernest Bracebridge: School Days