elbowed bougie

[ ĕl′bōd′ ]

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A bougie with a sharply angulated bend near its tip.

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The co-founders of Gray Matter, the pharmaceutical company he invented and was then elbowed out of.
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Obama took his case to Twitter, the GOP made a counteroffer, and a right-wing think tank elbowed its way into the debate.
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He elbowed, criticised, scolded and toadied to Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx and other office-holders.
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A pimply-faced office boy elbowed him out of it and the man turned away meekly.
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A tall man elbowed his way through the crowd, and in letters half an inch high, wrote his name, 'Chicot.'
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How the pink-cheeked high school girls elbowed each other to get a peep at the post-mark!
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Sir John, whose walk in life had been through crowds, elbowed his way forward and deliberately walked against Guy Oscard.
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