See Also: saunter(medicine)
saunter(1)(dictionary)
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saunter(dictionary)

leg-pull (oh) and saunter (medicine)


leg-pull (oh)



n [C usually singular]
BrE a joke in which you make someone believe something that is not true
::My first reaction was that this must be a leg-pull.
-see also pull sb's leg at pull 1 (11)

saunter (medicine)


saunter


To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter. "One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream." (Masson)

Synonym: To loiter, linger, stroll, wander.

Origin: Sauntered; Sauntering

Alternative forms: santer] [Probably fr. F. S'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened form s'auntrer. See Adventure.

Source: Websters Dictionary