"I noticed you are slightly
knock-kneed, so you should buy some inserts for your trainers.
We then turn to the problem of the Latin cognomen or third name, which in republican times was practically restricted to the senatorial class, and yet was commonly an insulting epithet suggesting physical deformity--Varro (
knock-kneed) or Verrucosus (warty).
What began as a
knock-kneed competitive response to big, bad Boston Market has turned into the best thing that's happened to grocery shopping since self-service.
"Throughout my early records," he writes, "two medical terms are prominent: valgus, which means
knock-kneed; and equinus, alluding to horse's hooves, meaning my feet were like closed fists."
Because of internal rotation of the hip joints after 12-18 months, all infants are
knock-kneed by 2 years.
Whatever the breeders felt they were accomplishing, it was surely undone by the legacy of
knock-kneed, uncoordinated, and oversexed white slave owners.
WNET and WETA thus continue the
knock-kneed course that led to the screening of Reed Irvine's ridiculous corrective to the WGBH Vietnam series.
Classic insults included 'you big girl's blouse' and '
knock-kneed knackered old nosebag.' In the programme, the Cynthia character in Baker's stage act was replaced by Walter, the ageing husband of Nellie's cousin Lily (Madge Hindle).
Describing herself as "a
knock-kneed skinny kid", Carol never considered herself a sex symbol and is aware the ageing process can present challenges.
They're supported by several fine but wasted actors, among them Amy Ryan as Tripp's mom, Thomas Lennon as a
knock-kneed scientist, Rob Lowe as a ruthless oil baron and Barry Pepper as the local sheriff.
Fifteen years ago I was told by a personal trainer to never run because of my unique ability to be
knock-kneed and bow-legged.
WASHINGTON -- She walked with a
knock-kneed gait, with a heel like a chimp but the upright posture of a human, and she may provide the most complete evidence yet of early man's closest ancestor, scientists said Thursday.