English

legpuller

From leg + puller, from pull someone's leg.

A compound of leg + puller

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

Middle English puller

Today it means

noun One who teases or tells joking untruths.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / legpuller