Both Uses of
akimbo
in
Bleak House
- He passed one of his heavy hands over his crisp dark hair as if to sweep the broken thoughts out of his mind and sat a little forward, with one arm akimbo and the other resting on his leg, looking in a brown study at the ground.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- I don't intend to say," looking round upon us with his powerful arms akimbo and his dark eyebrows raised, "that I am more partial to being hanged than another man.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(akimbo) with hands on hips and elbows extending outward