slim-shanked

Updated: May 9, 2025

Now all of a sudden, into the midst of this peaceful scene burst that slim-shanked boy in the brief shirt, wild-eyed, erect-haired, and shouting, "Fire, fire! Run and put on your breastpin, and then come and tell us all about it." It was a cruel chill to give to a poor little devil's gushing vehemence.

Mark Twain - A Tramp Abroad — Volume 02

Now all of a sudden, into the midst of this peaceful scene burst that slim-shanked boy in the brief shirt, wild-eyed, erect-haired, and shouting, "Fire, fire! Run and put on your breastpin, and then come and tell us all about it." It was a cruel chill to give to a poor little devil's gushing vehemence.

Mark Twain - A Tramp Abroad

He is after her still, my lad; but yesterday I came upon them, by the very byre, and right loving were they. Battus. Well done, thou ancient lover! Sure, thou art near akin to the satyrs, or a rival of the slim-shanked Pans! This Idyl begins with a ribald debate between two hirelings, who, at last, compete with each other in a match of pastoral song.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose