sharp-elbowed

Definitions

1. 1

   Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows.

   • […] dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-knee'd, sharp-elbowed, and lean-ankled too
   • —Go to the Bible!—said a sharp voice from a sharp-faced, sharp-eyed, sharp-elbowed, strenuous-looking woman in a black dress.
2. 2

   Pushy

   Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.

   • sharp-elbowed parents
   • No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.
   • With his stocky build, spread-collar shirts and locker-room charm, Walter Yetnikoff fit right in among the sharp-elbowed power brokers in the music business.

The neighborhood

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