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crookback
[ krook-bak ]
noun
- a hunchback.
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Derived Forms
- ˈcrookˌbacked, adjective
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Other Words From
- crookbacked adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crookback1
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Example Sentences
Crookback Dick was pleased to cheer the exploit, and, pushing his horse a little nearer, called to see the prisoners.
I am pleased you liked Crookback; he is a fellow whose hellish energy has always fixed my attention.
Richard Crookback would have been really far younger at this date.
Have you never heard of Tyrrell, hireling of Crookback Richard—strangler of two drooling boys in the tower?
When the battle of warfare begins, it shall be where Crookback Richard made his fray.
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