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elbow sleeves

elbow sleeves is the plural of elbow sleeve.

Meaning of elbow sleeve

Noun

elbow sleeve (plural elbow sleeves)

  1. A sleeve on an item of clothing that reaches only to the elbow.
    • She was a fresh, pretty woman, clad always in white with elbow sleeves.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Questions about elbow sleeves

What is elbow sleeves the plural of?
Elbow sleeves is the plural of elbow sleeve.

Words near elbow sleeves in the dictionary

  1. elbow room
  2. elbow scissors
  3. elbow shake
  4. elbow shakes
  5. elbow sleeve
  6. elbow sleeves
  7. elbow tap
  8. elbow taps
  9. elbow to elbow
  10. elbow-chair
  11. elbow-chairs

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