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Gameness

noun
1.
Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.  Synonyms: claudication, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping.






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"Gameness" Quotes from Famous Books



... chestnut abhorred the water, but a finer trained hunter was never sent over the Shires, and Jimmy Delmar rode like Grimshaw himself. The giant took the leap in magnificent style, and thundered on neck and neck with the "Guards' crack." The Irish mare followed, and, with miraculous gameness, landed safely; but her hind-legs slipped on the bank, a moment was lost, and "Baby" Grafton scarce knew enough to recover it, though he scoured ...
— Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida - Selected from the Works of Ouida • Ouida

... giddy whirl of combat, in either man's heart now was a wonder almost akin to respect for each other's ring knowledge and gameness. It was not George's first bout by many, but the physical endurance of this hard, clean-hitting Corinthian of a man was an astounding revelation to him; the science of the graceful, narrow-waisted figure was still as quick and as punishing as a ...
— The Luck of the Mounted - A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • Ralph S. Kendall



Words linked to "Gameness" :   claudication, game, intermittent claudication, disability of walking



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