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Definition of the day : « akimbo »

  • As in angular : adj bent
Example sentences :
  • She was holding up her skirt with one hand, and the other arm was akimbo at her waist.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Her arms were akimbo and a pipe was thrust between her teeth.
  • Extract from : « The Black Pearl » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
  • Akimbo, a-kim′bo, adj. with hand on hip and elbow bent outward.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • She walked slowly, the long black dress she always wore trailing after her, yet half-looped up over one arm, akimbo on her hip.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Mary Elizabeth Carter
  • His arms were akimbo, his feet planted as firmly as if he were a particularly stubborn brand of tree.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • She was an uncommonly powerful, red-faced Irishwoman; her arms were bare, and she had them akimbo, and was scratching her elbows.
  • Extract from : « Ravenshoe » by Henry Kingsley