one-armed
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- adjective
- /ˈwʌnˌɑrmd/
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con un solo brazo
- The one-armed musician played the guitar beautifully with just his left arm.
- a one-armed man
- a one-armed bandit
- a one-armed soldier
Theo's going to play that one armed lesbian in Tiger King.
- Theo's going to play that one armed lesbian in Tiger King.
- And when he escapes and goes back home to try to find, you know, the the one armed man and all that who who they thought was the real killer.
Examples
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Just the thing for a one-armed man.
Fiction book (1999) -
Before, I thought everybody was one-armed, like me.
Fiction book (1992) -
Do you see a lot of one-armed men in here?
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I let a one-armed man take me.
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Only a one-armed man could tie a knot worse than you.
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I'm a one-armed German space explorer.
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Those scratches on your neck... did the one-armed guy do that?
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The one-armed fellow took a pot of coffee from a burner and started waiting on the tables.
Fiction book (1995) -
At the counter, a one-armed man in a baseball cap was drinking Pepsi from a bottle.
Fiction book (1995) -
Frederick Sykes, the one-armed man, comes down the sidewalk.
Fiction book (1993)
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Etymology
The word one-armed is made from one and arm plus the ending -ed, where one means 'single', arm means 'arm' the body part, and -ed means 'having'. So one-armed simply means 'having only one arm', which is why we use it for people, tools, or athletes with just one arm.