elbowroom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of elbowroom
Example Sentences
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Below, the 325 offers a lot of elbowroom.
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
The Night Is Young would probably be less dull if Edward Everett Horton and Charles Butterworth were given more elbowroom for their dependable buffooneries.
From Time Magazine Archive
He felt cramped in his constitutional compartment of powers, looked for elbowroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
You're slick, and they ain't elbowroom enough in the West for slick gents.
From The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand
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