"deadleg" meaning in All languages combined

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        {
          "ref": "1961, Shelagh Delaney, The Lion in Love: A Play, page 83",
          "text": "I was a bit of a deadleg in them days. You know, footloose and inclined to be rather flirtatious with the ladies.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Maurice Procter, His weight in gold, page 56",
          "text": "\"I can tell you now, he's a no-good,\" said the Liverpool D.C.I. \"His form is nothing to speak of, but he's the errand lad and head butterer-up for a deadleg called Pete Garside.",
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          "ref": "1987, R. Calam, C. Franchi, Child Abuse and Its Consequences, page 76",
          "text": "For the next year Liz lived alone with Lindy, occasionally consorting with 'more deadlegs', one of whom bruised Lindy when he had been drinking.",
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        "A lazy or weak person."
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          "ref": "1996, K. Carr-Brion, J. R. P. Clarke, Sampling Systems for Process Analysers, page 182",
          "text": "There should be minimum deadleg between the valve and main process unit and, if possible, means for cleaning the deadleg.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2015, Jonathan Waldman, Rust: The Longest War, page 246",
          "text": "The pig trap was just under forty feet long, but the final six-foot section was a deadleg.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Wayne P. Olson, Sterilization of Drugs and Devices: Technologies for the 21st Century",
          "text": "Since air is denser than steam at sterilization temperatures, air will be displaced downward in the deadleg.",
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        "An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow."
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          "ref": "1992, Bomb, page 66",
          "text": "Gordon Biggs, on his way to biology, his favorite class, turns a corner and is immediately seized and stunned by a deadleg to the thigh, (judicious application of the knee to the fleshy part of the upper leg, resulting in prolonged numbness, hence the term 'deadleg').",
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          "ref": "2017, Clive Brewer, Athletic Movement Skills: Training for Sports Performance, page 202",
          "text": "Deadleg drills can also be performed by having one leg serve as the dealeg (hips and knees stiff, ankles dorsiflexed, active ground contact with the foot and the heel adhering o the credit card rule) and having the opposite leg perform other drills, such as A-skips, B-skips or straight-leg skips.",
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        "(sports) A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed."
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          "ref": "1984, Gavin Grant Maasdorp, Transport Policies and Economic Development in Southern Africa",
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          "ref": "2001, Andrew Gurr, A Little Piece of England, page 79",
          "text": "Our convoy appeared as a huge centipede, winding its way uphill that had acquired various deadlegs at random.",
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        "To knee someone in the thigh."
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        "(transitive) To knee someone in the thigh."
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          "ref": "1961, Shelagh Delaney, The Lion in Love: A Play, page 83",
          "text": "I was a bit of a deadleg in them days. You know, footloose and inclined to be rather flirtatious with the ladies.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Maurice Procter, His weight in gold, page 56",
          "text": "\"I can tell you now, he's a no-good,\" said the Liverpool D.C.I. \"His form is nothing to speak of, but he's the errand lad and head butterer-up for a deadleg called Pete Garside.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, R. Calam, C. Franchi, Child Abuse and Its Consequences, page 76",
          "text": "For the next year Liz lived alone with Lindy, occasionally consorting with 'more deadlegs', one of whom bruised Lindy when he had been drinking.",
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          "ref": "1996, K. Carr-Brion, J. R. P. Clarke, Sampling Systems for Process Analysers, page 182",
          "text": "There should be minimum deadleg between the valve and main process unit and, if possible, means for cleaning the deadleg.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Jonathan Waldman, Rust: The Longest War, page 246",
          "text": "The pig trap was just under forty feet long, but the final six-foot section was a deadleg.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Wayne P. Olson, Sterilization of Drugs and Devices: Technologies for the 21st Century",
          "text": "Since air is denser than steam at sterilization temperatures, air will be displaced downward in the deadleg.",
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        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1992, Bomb, page 66",
          "text": "Gordon Biggs, on his way to biology, his favorite class, turns a corner and is immediately seized and stunned by a deadleg to the thigh, (judicious application of the knee to the fleshy part of the upper leg, resulting in prolonged numbness, hence the term 'deadleg').",
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        "(sports) A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed."
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          "text": "Companies can transport on a nationwide basis but usually only carry their products out and have a deadleg on the return trip, e.g., the sugar distributors.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Andrew Gurr, A Little Piece of England, page 79",
          "text": "Our convoy appeared as a huge centipede, winding its way uphill that had acquired various deadlegs at random.",
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