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elbow-bending

  • a word derived from elbow-bender.
    elbow-bender
    noun
    a person who drinks alcoholic beverages to excess; a heavy drinker.

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If so, I hope I am the first, because I can save you a lot of head-scratching and elbow-bending by giving you your man right off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most momentous activity of A. N. P. A. is its annual convention in Manhattan where speechmaking and elbow-bending far outweigh serious business.

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