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Definition of Kimbo
1. a. Crooked; arched; bent.
Definition of Kimbo
1. to set akimbo [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kimbo
Literary usage of Kimbo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Character of the Province of Maryland by George Alsop, John Gilmary Shea (1880)
"... while the Women stand bolt upright with their armes a kimbo, performing the
same action, in so confident and obscene a posture (see note No. ..."
2. History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of Our Forefathers at by Henry Trumbull (1812)
"... with arms a-kimbo^ «' High times! when a young'' buckskin can teach a British
general how to fight ! ..."
3. Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland by Richard Ryan (1821)
"Dermody despised this mental hypocrisy, anil setting his arms a-kimbo, laid his
hand upon his heart, and said fearlessly, " I am vicious, because I like it* ..."
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