dot-and-go-one

1. UKarchaicnot comparableslangHaving a lame or limping gait.

   "I think the doctors messed it up a bit. They said he wouldn't limp or anything, but when he left here he was still completely dot and go one."

   1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train, page 127

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   […] I shouted, though with inward misgivings on account of my game leg; and we started off towards camp as fast as we could go — which is not saying much, as I could only get over the ground in a dot-and-go-one sort of way.

   1893, The Boy's Own Annual, volume 16, page 805

   Synonyms: dot-and-carry-one

plural dot-and-go-ones

1. UKarchaicslangA lame or limping man

   Fathers of two feet, advance, Dot and go ones, hop along, Two feet missing need not dance, But will join us in the song.

   1922, James Elroy Flecker, The story of Hassan of Bagdad, and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand: A Play in Five Acts, page 37