daddy-long-legs

See also: daddy-longlegs and daddy longlegs

English

Noun

daddy-long-legs (plural daddy-long-legs or daddy-long-legses)

1. Alternative form of daddy longlegs
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 6

     A daddy-long-legs shot from corner to corner and hit the lamp globe.