kimbo

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English

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Adjective

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kimbo (not comparable)

  1. Archaic form of akimbo (with hands on hips and elbows outward).
    • 1887, Towards the Gulf: A Romance of Louisiana, page 21:
      The gentleman who usually fell into his, with his legs astride the seat, and his arms kimbo on the back, was Mr. Burton, a very small man, who took all the liberties accorded to small people.

Verb

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kimbo (third-person singular simple present kimbos, present participle kimboing, simple past and past participle kimboed)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To position (the arms) akimbo.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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