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at elbows

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With a penniless, out-at-elbows, good-for-nothing, you mean?

Even the house itself had a shabby out-at-elbows air, like a gentleman fallen upon evil days.

If she's as rich as you say, would she listen to a poor out-at-elbows Irish gentleman, with only his good blood to back him?

There were generally from fifteen to thirty present; men of all classes: Journalists, actors, lawyers, out-at-elbows nondescripts.

I soon learned, however, that the general out-at-elbows appearance was due to another cause.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to at elbows, such as: accessible, available, handy, immediate, adjacent, and adjoining.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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