hunch
verb (used with object)
to thrust out or up in a hump; arch.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"Must have hunched himself on his knees behind, eh?" he queried in a low voice.
From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. Kendall