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Crookback

noun
1.
A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine.  Synonyms: humpback, hunchback.
adjective
1.
Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.  Synonyms: crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic.






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"Crookback" Quotes from Famous Books



... seemed to grow larger to Breant's eyes, and his objections to dwindle proportionately. "A queer whim, crookback," he said. ...
— The Duke's Motto - A Melodrama • Justin Huntly McCarthy

... had a brother Simon, a roystering blade and lawless adventurer, who disappeared some years before his elder brother's death. Little was known of him except that he was supposed to have closed a brawling career on the field of Bosworth, when Richard the Crookback was killed and the short-lived dynasty ...
— The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees



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