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bandyban‧dy1 /ˈbændi/ adjective HBHbandy legs curve out at the knees —bandy-legged /ˌbændi ˈleɡd◂, -ˈleɡɪd◂/ adjective
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bandy• His two drivers are bandy, bleach-blond Dan Runte and tall, woolly haired Eric Meagher.• I had a boss-eye and buck-teeth and bandy legs ... but my mummy loved me.
bandybandy2 (bandied, bandying, bandies) verb → bandy words (with somebody) → bandy something ↔ about/around→ See Verb table
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bandy• For years people have bandied about the idea of supplementing the Pusch Ridge herd with sheep brought in from elsewhere.• A price of £10,000 has been bandied about.• Estimates ranging from ten thousand to thirty thousand were bandied about.• It is about 100m, though the figure of 200m is often bandied about.• Yet, as was suggested earlier in this section, new ideas were being bandied about.• We can not bandy words with Nature, or deal with her as we deal with persons.
Origin bandy1 (1600-1700) Perhaps from bandy “hockey stick” ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from French bandé, past participle of bander; → BANDY2 bandy2 (1500-1600) Probably from French bander “to join against others, throw or hit to each other”, from bande “flat strip”; → BAND1
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