"limby" meaning in English

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      "form": "limbier",
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          "text": "a limby tree"
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        "Having many limbs, or branches."
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          "ref": "2013, Sandy Callister, The Face of War: New Zealand's Great War Photography, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In May 1918, work by New Zealand 'limbies' shown in London at the Allied Conference on After Care of Disabled Soldiers was 'reported to be the best and most practical display in the whole exhibition.",
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          "text": "Although there were three storeys, the 'limbies' like Hutton occupied the ground floor, 'so that there is no trouble climbing stairs'.",
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        "An amputee, especially one who has lost a leg."
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        "(slang) An amputee, especially one who has lost a leg."
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