What is "get a word in edgeways"

Usage examples of "get a word in edgeways".

Danstor made his apologies as soon as he could get a word in edgeways, and moved on.

Sandy was sitting at the dispatch desk, one hand cupped over his eyes, trying to get a word in edgeways, when Curtis Wilcox bopped in, dressed in his civvies and looking every inch the sport.

Franklin waited impatiently as the five-second commercial break cut in (all telephone calls were free, the length of the commercial extending with range-for long-distance calls the ratio of commercial to conversation was as high as 10: 1, the participants desperately trying to get a word in edgeways to the interminable interruptions), but just before it ended he abruptly put the telephone down, then removed the receiver from the cradle.

It was impossible to get a word in edgeways and Tell soon gave up trying.

I was still able to get a word in edgeways, though Tony could no longer hear me.

Finally, I was able to get a word in edgeways and I pulled the block out of my pocket and put it on the table.