ELBOW
NOUNS
► ARM-BEND the elbow-joint → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BENDER the elbow → M19 sl.
► BEND OF THE ARM the elbow → 1891 Eng. dial.
► BOW the elbow → 1980 US sl.
► CRAZY BONE the funny bone → 1876 Amer. dial.
► DITCH the inside of the elbow where large veins can be found → 1970 US drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► ELBUCK the elbow → 1728 Sc.
► GOODY BONE the place in the elbow that gives you a strange feeling if you hit it against something; the funny bone → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SINGING-BONE the sharp bone at the edge of the elbow; the funny-bone → 1854 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► THRUTCH to thrust; to press, to push, to shove; to push or elbow one’s way through a crowd, etc. → 1740 Eng. dial.