Leg bail, the bail or security given by absence. To give LEG BAIL is to run away.
Leg it, to run; “to give a LEG,” to assist, as when one mounts a horse; “making a LEG,” a countryman’s bow,—projecting the LEG from behind as a balance to the head bent forward.—Shakspeare.
Leg-of-mutton, humorous street term for a sheep’s trotter, or foot.
Leg of mutton fist, a large, muscular or bony hand.
Length, forty-two lines of a dramatic composition.—Theatrical.
Length, six months’ imprisonment. See [STRETCH].
Let alone, an expression which signifies “much less” as used in comparative statement or argument. “I cannot afford five shillings, LET ALONE five pounds.” Barham, in one of the Ingoldsby Legends, says:—
“I have not had, this livelong day, one drop to cheer my heart,
Nor brown to buy a bit of bread with—LET ALONE a tart.”
Let drive, to strike at, or attack with vigour.
Let in, to cheat or victimize. “He let me in heavily.”