Obs. rare. Also 8 kembo. [f. A-KIMBO.] trans. To set a-kimbo. Hence † Kimboed ppl. a.

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1748.  Richardson, Clarissa (1811), IV. xxxvi. 240. For a wife to come up with kemboed arm. Ibid. (1754), Grandison, IV. xxxvii. He kemboed his arms and strutted up to me.

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1808.  Sedley, Asmodeus, I. 41. Who thrusts herself into every company with kimboed arms.

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