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Definition of Elbowroom
1. n. Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
Definition of Elbowroom
1. Noun. Sufficient space to have freedom of movement ¹
2. Noun. Sufficient latitude to modify something; latitude or margin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elbowroom
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elbowroom
Literary usage of Elbowroom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Community Life and Civic Problems by Howard Copeland. Hill (1922)
"SUNLIGHT AND elbowroom FOR ALL Effect of the Boer War on England. During the Boer
War, British recruiting officers were forced to reject so many men because ..."
2. Frank by Maria Edgeworth (1836)
"he wanted elbowroom— . song which papa sings about the cobbler, it says that " '
There was a cobbler who lived in the coomb, And all that he wanted was ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"You will appreciate the additional elbowroom offered by the 18-in. width of the
microtome well; the sliding glass door with built-in heater to eliminate ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"Max Adler's elbowroom. Thos Little's Poems. Phillip's Golden Fleece. Head's Food
of the Gods (Cocoa). Hazlitt's School Books and School Masters. ..."
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