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elbowroom

[el-boh-room, -room] / ˈɛl boʊˌrum, -ˌrʊm /








NOUN
sea room
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The Night Is Young would probably be less dull if Edward Everett Horton and Charles Butterworth were given more elbowroom for their dependable buffooneries.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's elbowroom below for routine maintenance, and vital fluids checks are easy thanks to Volvo's color-coding system.

From Time Magazine Archive

He felt cramped in his constitutional compartment of powers, looked for elbowroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

This means a house on the Thames, with a boat at the bottom of the garden and plenty of elbowroom for his wife and two young daughters.

From Time Magazine Archive

You're slick, and they ain't elbowroom enough in the West for slick gents.

From The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand


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