crookback

[ krook-bak ]

/ ˈkrʊkˌbæk /

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noun

a hunchback.

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Origin of crookback

1400–50; late Middle English. See crook¹, back¹

OTHER WORDS FROM crookback

crookbacked, adjective

Words nearby crookback

Cronut, crony, cronyism, Cronyn, crook, crookback, crooked, crookery, Crookes, Crookes dark space, Crooke's granule

How to use crookback in a sentence

Crookback Dick was pleased to cheer the exploit, and, pushing his horse a little nearer, called to see the prisoners.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
I am pleased you liked Crookback; he is a fellow whose hellish energy has always fixed my attention.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Richard Crookback would have been really far younger at this date.
The Black Arrow|Robert Louis Stevenson
Have you never heard of Tyrrell, hireling of Crookback Richard—strangler of two drooling boys in the tower?
The Red Tavern|Charles Raymond Macauley

When the battle of warfare begins, it shall be where Crookback Richard made his fray.
Prophecies of Robert Nixon, Mother Shipton, and Martha, the Gypsy|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for crookback

crookback

/ (ˈkrʊkˌbæk) /

noun

a rare word for hunchback

Derived forms of crookback

crookbacked, adjective

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