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thigh

The lower limb between the pelvis and the knee. The thigh-bone (femur), is the longest bone in the human body. It articulates with the hip-bone above, and the tibia (shin-bone) below. See also leg.
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Not until I was safe from them did I turn my attention to that live agony on my thigh.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
With that sort of spiced food provided for his anxious thought, watchful for strange men, strange beasts, strange turns of the tide, he would make the best of his way up, a military seaman with a short sword on thigh and a bronze helmet on his head, the pioneer post- captain of an imperial fleet.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
His back very much scarred by the whip; and branded on the thigh and hips in three or four places, thus (J M).
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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