daddy-long-legs

A form of daddy longlegs — The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha.

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Meanings

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

plural daddy-long-legses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of daddy longlegs.

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

    1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 6
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APA

daddy-long-legs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddy-long-legs

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“daddy-long-legs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daddy-long-legs. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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