legs eleven n.
1. (bingo) the number 11.
Over the Top 148: The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as ‘Kelly’s Eye’ for one, ‘Leg’s Eleven’ for eleven. | ||
(con. WWI) Soldier and Sailor Words 122: 11, ‘Legs Eleven’. | ||
(con. 1900s) Old Soldier Sahib (1965) 70: No. 11 – Legs Eleven. (The number resembles a pair of legs, and was given this extra syllable to distinguish it from Seven and avoid mistakes). | ||
Gunner Inglorious (1974) 106: Eyes down! And the first number [...] legs Eleven. | ||
There is a Happy Land (1964) 88: Legs eleven. Sixty-five, old age pension. | ||
(con. 1940s) Bloods 115: The caller had sung out his litany of Legs Eleven, Kelly’s Eye, Knock on the Door, Clickety-Clicks. | ||
Submariners I ii: tannoy: Legs eleven. Everyone wolf whistles. | ||
Observer 6 July 16: Old favourites such as [...] ‘legs eleven’, are staying put. |
2. (Aus.) a tall thin man.
Digger Dialects 32: legs eleven [...] (2) a tall, thin man. | ||
(con. WWI) Gloss. of Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: legs eleven. [...] a thin tall man. |
3. £11.
(con. 1950s–60s) in Little Legs 195: legs eleven £11. |