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Definition of bandy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bandy

adjective
 
/ˈbændi/
 
/ˈbændi/
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  1. (of the legs) curving, with the knees wide apart
    • to be bandy-legged
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBandy is used with these nouns:
    • leg
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    Word Originadjective late 17th cent.: perhaps from obsolete bandy ‘curved stick used in hockey v’.
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