LIMBER in WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS

4 uses

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Definition

of a person's body: flexible (capable of moving, bending, and stretching easily)

or:

readily adaptable — especially of someone's mind

He just lay there in the sunshine, all stretched out and limber as a rag.
Chapter 8 (8% in)

limber = flexible (capable of moving, bending, and stretching easily)

"If I know anything about swinging an ax, it won't be long before he's as limber as a rag.
Chapter 9 (49% in)
As Papa had said, in a little while the warm heat from the hard work limbered me up.
Chapter 9 (65% in)
After it was trimmed and the limber end cut off, I hung the lantern by the handle on the end of it and started easing it out on the ice.
Chapter 11 (46% in)

There are no more uses of "limber" in Where the Red Fern Grows.

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limber used in Where the Red Fern Grows