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LEG BAIL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: flight : escape by flight. Phrases. give leg bail or take leg bail. : to run away : escape. www.merriam-webster.com
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leg-bail, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun leg-bail is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for leg-bail is from 1751, in Ladies Magazine ... www.oed.com
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leg bail - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(slang, dated) Escape from custody by running away. Anagrams. edit · ligable. en.wiktionary.org
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leg-bail
leg-bail Used in the jocular phrase to give (Sc. take) leg-bail, to run away, decamp: see bail n.1 5 c. Hence sometimes used (in allusion to this phrase) = unauthorized absence or departure, ‘French leave’, etc.1774 Fergusson Poems (1807) 234 They took leg-bail and ran awa Wi' pith and speed. 1785 G... Oxford English Dictionary
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"LEG BAIL": Escape from custody by running - OneLook
▸ noun: (slang, dated) Escape from custody by running away. Similar: bail, bailbond, bail bond, baile, flight risk, bailee, bond, bailpiece, borrow, stretch, ... www.onelook.com
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Leg Bail Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary
Leg Bail definition: Escape from custody by running away. www.yourdictionary.com
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Raid of the Redeswire
Carmichael demanded that the man be delivered to Scotland for justice, but Forster replied the thief had taken "leg-bail" (escaped from custody) and could wikipedia.org
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What is meant by leg bail in the 19th century in the USA? - Quora
Leg bail simply meant that the defendant, usually a misdemeanant, was turned loose and told to “git.” Thus hapoened to the Mormon prophet once, ... www.quora.com
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leg-bail - definition and meaning - Wordnik
leg-bail: Escape from custody; flight from danger of arrest or capture. www.wordnik.com
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leg bail, n.² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun leg bail is in the 1850s. OED's earliest evidence for leg bail is from 1857, in the writing of Thomas Hughes ... www.oed.com
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Leg-bail - Brewer's - Words from Old Books
A runaway. To give legbail, to cut and run. ... Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895. www.fromoldbooks.org
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Giving leg bail - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
To flee; to run away from something. The officer tried to arrest me, but I gave leg bail and sprinted toward my house. Everyone at the party attempted to ... idioms.thefreedictionary.com
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leg
▪ I. leg, n. (lɛg) Also 3–7 pl. legges, (4–7 leggis, leggys), 4–5 lege, 6–7 legge. [a. ON. legg-r leg, (in compounds) leg or arm, limb (Sw. lägg, Da. læg, calf of the leg):—OTeut. type *lagjo-z. Cf. Lombard lagi ‘coxa super genuculum’ (Ed. Roth. 384). By some scholars the word is referred to the Wes... Oxford English Dictionary
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bail
▪ I. bail, n.1 (beɪl) Also 5 bayll, baill, 5–7 bayle, 6–7 bayl, bale, baile. [In senses 1 and 2, a. OF. bail ‘power, custody, jurisdiction,’ and ‘delivery,’ n. of action f. baillier, in its senses of ‘take charge of, guard, control,’ and ‘hand over, deliver’ (see bail v.1). The remaining senses are ... Oxford English Dictionary
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