dowager's hump
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A dowager’s hump, bright red hair streaked with white and a perma-snarl completed the character.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
She must not have been looking at my dowager’s hump.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2014
The dowager’s hump started making the news in the late 1920s.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2014
Indeed the bones of the spine can become so papery that they collapse; five vertebrae may fill the space normally occupied by three, causing a protuberance known as "dowager's hump."
From Time Magazine Archive
She is hunched over, her dowager’s hump forcing her to face her lap.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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