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elbowroom

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








NOUN
sea room
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By war's end, father Jay was moving aside to give Harsen plenty of elbowroom, and Harsen's ideas were to expand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Notable improvements over the 42 include a roomier wheelhouse with an updated electronics panel, more elbowroom in the master stateroom forward, more space on the flybridge and a longer boat deck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cast a Giant Shadow, another exercise in movie biography, may be filed as a case of mistaken identity: any resemblance to persons living or dead is sacrificed to make elbowroom for Hero Kirk Douglas.

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

Finding himself with elbowroom for the first time, he pushed through, swung the door open and switched on the lights.

From Something New by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse


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