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elbowroom

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








NOUN
sea room
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Below, the 325 offers a lot of elbowroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

On the other hand, the Bolshoi Swan Lake provided the soloists with more elbowroom to stitch figures of gaudy and often moving brilliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Rangeland Avenger by Brand, Max




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