out at elbow
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out at elbow (not comparable)
- Of a coat, jumper, etc., worn through at the elbows; of clothes, shabby, in poor condition.
- 1894, Ethel Turner, Seven Little Australians, published 1912, page 18:
- [T]he children [...] went about in shabby, out-at-elbow clothes, and much worn boots.
- In needy circumstances.
Translations[edit]
shabby
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