A nickname for General Burgoyne.
1775. They grew weary of being cooped up in Boston; and had resolved upon making themselves masters of Dorchester heights, and securing the elbow room which General Burgoyne proposed enjoying.—William Gordon, ‘Hist. of the Am. Revolution,’ ii. 40 (Lond., 1788).
1778. How much better will the American clergy be employed by Congress, than Mr. Elbow Room was by his master George the Third.—Maryland Journal, Jan. 20.
