However this may be, the stranger follows, taking long strides to keep up, and occasionally stumbling over the person who has been referred to as Tug, and who appears to be unjointed in his legs; for when room is made for him on the left-hand side of the walk, he is sure suddenly to turn up on the right.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
Of course, fishing on Sunday was strictly prohibited, but sometimes a boy would wander away from school for a Sunday afternoon walk with a fly-book in his pocket and an unjointed rod reposing under his clothes and making him quite stiff-kneed in one leg.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour
Of the posterior segments, five also bear false or pro-legs, which are short, unjointed, and provided with a number of hooklets.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock