akimbo

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:42:15

A*kim"bo (#), a. [Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo.]

With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

"With one arm akimbo."

Irving.

 

© Webster 1913.

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