| 词汇 | wearing calluses on his elbows |
| 词源 | wearing calluses on his elbows. Western Words (1961) by Ramon F. Adams defines wearing calluses on his elbows as “spending time in a saloon.” Similarly, an elbow bender, another term from the Old West, means a “drinking man,” because he bends his elbow to convey his glass to his lips. |
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