[…] dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-knee'd, sharp-elbowed, and lean-ankled too
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Sharp-elbowed
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—Go to the Bible!—said a sharp voice from a sharp-faced, sharp-eyed, sharp-elbowed, strenuous-looking woman in a black dress.
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sharp-elbowed parents
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No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.
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