dinner-lady arm

plural dinner-lady arms

1. alternativeAlternative form of dinner lady arm.

   You could go military with a khaki vest or, if you suffer from dinner-lady arms, a drill jacket, as beaten-up as possible.

   2003 August 15, Lowri Turner, “Dear Lowri”, in ES Magazine, London: Associated Newspapers Ltd, page 49, column 3

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   Before she could even open her mouth to protest, Boris had thrown her dinner-lady arms around Kelly’s waist, and was throwing air kisses around her in every direction.

   2003, Kate Harrison, chapter 10, in Old School Ties, London: Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Ltd, →ISBN, page 87

   Mrs M lifts and drops one of her dinner-lady arms as she counts the paper plates and plastic spoons, and matches them with the number of seats, ‘eleven, twelve, thirteen’ . . .

   2013, Barry Walsh, “Fish Paste and Flaming Turds”, in The Pimlico Kid, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 164