A nickname for a man with bandy legs. He buys his boots in Crooked Lane, and his stockings in Bandy-legged Walk; his legs grew in the night, therefore could not see to grow straight; jeering sayings of men with crooked legs.
CROOK SHANKS
Meaning of CROOK SHANKS in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012