Used of or to a person whose legs curve outwards at the knees. ‘Hi, bandy, throw us a kiss!’ is said to a bus-conductress by a cheeky young child in Fares Please, by Edith...

Bandy is a winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick. It is an ancestor of ice hockey. The game is played outdoors on a sheet of ice, and has rules that are similar to association football. An old name for bandy is hockey on the ice or hockey on...