Meaning

4 senses
  1. A lazy or weak person.

  2. An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow.

  3. A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.

  4. A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.

Origin

From dead + leg.

From dead + leg.

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