sharp-elbowed

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形容詞

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Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows. / (idiomatic) Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.

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The sharp-elbowed toddler pushed her way through the crowd, unexpectedly knocking over a stack of pamphlets.

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意味（1）

Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows.

. . . dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-knee'd, sharp-elbowed, and lean-ankled too

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意味（2）

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

No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.

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