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Bookmarker is a personal project by @dellsystem to help with retaining reading material. Source on GitHub.

(adjective or adverb) having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward / (adjective or adverb) set in a bent position

akimbo

Martina stood silent on the terrace, in T-shirt and useful shorts, one arm akimbo as she trained her hose

—p.333 by Martin Amis

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3 years, 4 months ago

a brazen fop who bars your way with arms akimbo, spitting

first time seeing it in print

—p.33 Underground (1) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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9 years, 2 months ago

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