Leg-Pull is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 53 anagrams from letters in leg-pull (-eglllpu).
First recorded in 1910-15
Heaven knows who invented the story, but it sounds like a "leg-pull," which had got out of hand and spread like a disease.
The Australian has a habit of pulling his mate's leg, and being on his guard against a leg-pull in return.