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dead-leg, v. Brit. and Irish English colloq.
Brit. |ˈdɛdlɛg|, U.S. |ˈdɛdˌlɛg|
[Apparently ‹dead leg n. 3 (although the noun is first attested later in the relevant sense: see sense 3 s.v.).]
trans. To administer a numbing kick or blow to (a person's) leg, esp. with one's knee; to give (a person) a dead leg. Cf. dead leg n. 3.
1972Daily Tel. 8 June 3/2 The court was told that after two teenagers tried to ‘dead leg’ a boy of 13 he had to have an operation to remove one of his testicles. 1981B. Ashley Dodgem ix. 195 Nick's first boot dead-legged Simon in the calf. 1988G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 182 Mucker deadlegged him and Andy groaned, sinking to one knee. 2000T. Litt Puritans in N. Blincoe & M. Thorne All Hail New Puritans 187 His toes caught her thigh. She doubled up, and he guessed he'd dead-legged her. |
