barelegged children on the beach. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
On this journey most of us slept barelegged in the sleeping-bags. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ Depot Journeys] Reference
If we were women, we could slip on a pair of sandals and stride into the world barelegged. From Wordnik.com. [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]
That barelegged boy in his outgrown tunic seems as strange to me now as an Ethiop to a Thracian. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
I came across a barelegged boy of ten, a ragged urchin, who was often hanging about near our house. From Wordnik.com. [The Watch] Reference
And you had to wear stockings; women didn't go barelegged in those days, and you wore silk stockings. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
OHHH, sent this to many friends, who now have new respect for the sewing crowd...tights or barelegged?. From Wordnik.com. [On the Watch List - A Dress A Day] Reference
She probably had a soul, unlike the useless nymphs whose sole purpose was to run around barelegged and tease men. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
Away went the man, trotting barelegged, barefoot, over the stony ground, with two large sacks of charcoal on his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
Sometimes, darting among the trees, barelegged boys went sky-larking in and out of the shadow, in and out of the quiet people. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
My Daddy put me on the front seat with him, and I'd wear little old knee pants and I was barefooted, barelegged and barefooted. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with John W. Snipes, September 20, 1976. Interview H-0098-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
"Perhaps I have a mind to join your barelegged rebellion.". From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
Like the children they mostly went barefooted and barelegged. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
The effect on the barelegged porters was doubtless much worse. From Wordnik.com. [In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country] Reference
"An 'you're the prettiest barelegged dancer on the Creek," he countered. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Edge] Reference
There was once a little barelegged, brown-limbed boy who spent all his time in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Woodland Tales] Reference
Men went barelegged and wrapped themselves in the huge toga which came down to their feet. From Wordnik.com. [Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome] Reference
I still observe little girls and other children barelegged and barefooted on the wet sidewalks. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
We could find no shoes for the children and they went barelegged and barefooted all the winter. From Wordnik.com. [Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire] Reference
But, meanwhile, there sat our child, barelegged, watching the forbidden ground beyond the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Child] Reference
She stood cowering barelegged before Miss Silsby, fully clothed in everything but her right mind. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
Most of them were barefooted, nay, barelegged, and had on odd small caps, very close round their visages. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3] Reference
"Or perhaps you're on the other side of the hedge -- implicated in this barelegged rebellion, I dare say.". From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
Lieutenant Hammond, still barelegged, with his shirt tied over his shoulders, was scratching in his notebook. From Wordnik.com. [One of Ours] Reference
Children, barelegged, waded out around the boat, looking at us and our funny, laden craft, with curious eyes. From Wordnik.com. [More Jonathan Papers] Reference
Son and mother once more faced poverty and loneliness, and Musai again splashed barelegged in the rice field. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know] Reference
The dreamy merchant sits barelegged on the doorsill, and is not to be disturbed by the mere entrance of a purchaser. From Wordnik.com. [The Great White Tribe in Filipinia] Reference
The barelegged men and women were as industriously taking advantage of the low-tide as if nothing at all were happening. From Wordnik.com. [World's War Events, Vol. I] Reference
Three or four women, and as many barelegged girls, have come out to look at the procession, and we lounge towards the group. From Wordnik.com. [Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing] Reference
The pony was overloaded, but in obedience to the frantic urgings of its barelegged rider it managed to break into a shambling trot. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow's End] Reference
Many of the men were still in the boats, but the greater part were in the water, barelegged, and were stealthily urging the boats ashore. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie] Reference
The arrival of the barelegged Terror in his waistcoat, bearing Wiggins as a half-animate bundle, set Mr. Carrington's house in an uproar. From Wordnik.com. [The Terrible Twins] Reference
Calisto was so strangely clothed, for, although of tall stature, he went about almost barelegged, holding a staff in his hand, and wearing. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of St. Ignatius] Reference
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