crookback

[ krook-bak ]

noun

1. a hunchback.

crookback

/ ˈkrʊkˌbæk /

noun

1. a rare word for hunchback

Derived Forms

• ˈcrookˌbacked, adjective

Other Words From

• crookbacked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crookback¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See crook ¹, back ¹

Example Sentences

Crookback Dick was pleased to cheer the exploit, and, pushing his horse a little nearer, called to see the prisoners.

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I am pleased you liked Crookback; he is a fellow whose hellish energy has always fixed my attention.

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Richard Crookback would have been really far younger at this date.

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Have you never heard of Tyrrell, hireling of Crookback Richard​—​strangler of two drooling boys in the tower?

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When the battle of warfare begins, it shall be where Crookback Richard made his fray.

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