floating rib
nounAnatomy.
one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
Origin of floating rib
1First recorded in 1825–35
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Ever since Eve was made for Adam's pleasure the female sex has been as pliable as the original mixture of mud and a floating rib.
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British Dictionary definitions for floating rib
floating rib
noun
any rib of the lower two pairs of ribs in man, which are not attached to the breastbone
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