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Armstrong armstrong Slang 
adj. hand-operated; requiring or worked by strength of arm (as opposed to machine power).
- 1920 The motorboat did not put in its appearance so we continued our navigation via the armstrong and elbow grease route.
- 1922 At ten feet they had to stop digging operations to make a hand-windlass, an "Armstrong hoist" we called it, and a wooden bucket.
- 1963 Hoisting the spoil with old-fashioned windlasses which were facetiously called "Armstrong Hoists" was another tedious chore.
- 1920 The motorboat did not put in its appearance so we continued our navigation via the armstrong and elbow grease route.