sharp-elbowed

Adjective

 * 1) Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows.
 * 2)  Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.
 * 3) * 1977 Oct. 24,, "Party Politics," New York Magazine, p. 81 (Google preview):
 * No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.
 * 1) * 1977 Oct. 24,, "Party Politics," New York Magazine, p. 81 (Google preview):
 * No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.