Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Well-turned

 

Well-turned means of a pleasing shape. It is presumably from the turning of wood on a lathe. The phrase is almost exclusively used of a girl's ankles - " A well-turned ankle."
 
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous20 October 2009 at 03:08

    As my late mother-in-law would say, "Oo La La!"
    :0)
    Canadian Chickadee

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