Both Uses
akimbo
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- Then, unable to repress his merriment, he rocks to and fro, arms akimbo, and sings with broad rollicking humour:) O, the poor little fellow Hihihihihis legs they were yellow He was plump, fat and heavy and brisk as a snake But some bloody savage To graize his white cabbage He murdered Nell Flaherty's duckloving drake.†
Chpt 15
- THE FAN: (Folded akimbo against her waist) Is me her was you dreamed before?†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(akimbo) with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)