THURSDAY'S SOLUTION. (522)
The derivation of "akimbo" in "fcnna akimbo" is uncertain. It mav - have been an Icelandic vrord_ meaning "crooked," or the Middle English * c * m ~ bok" (like a crooked stick).
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1938, Page 17
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