Dot-and-go-one

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a lame or limping gait. UK, archaic, not-comparable, slang

    "[…] I shouted, though with inward misgivings on account of my game leg; and we started off towards camp as fast as we could go — which is not saying much, as I could only get over the ground in a dot-and-go-one sort of way."

Synonyms

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dot-and-carry-one

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"[…] I shouted, though with inward misgivings on account of my game leg; and we started off towards camp as fast as we could go — which is not saying much, as I could only get over the ground in a dot-and-go-one sort of way."

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