noun Street Slang

elbows

· noun · texas

Houston name for the long horizontally protruding wire wheels on a slab.

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Another name for swangas — the deep, pointed wire wheels that stick out from a Houston slab like the car's got elbows out. Same wheels, different word, depending on who's talking and what era. Both terms turn up across Houston rap from Z-Ro to Paul Wall.

“Elbows so long they'd take your knee out if you walked too close.”
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elbows In A Sentence

Elbows so long they'd take your knee out if you walked too close.

Origin & Usage

Houston slab culture; named for how the wheel hubs jut out from the car like a bent arm.

Variants elbow
Tags #texas#hip-hop#houston#cars

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