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I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
His figure was very muscular and upright, with a hollow back and lean flanks.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
A hollow back, as is well known, is more difficult to correct than a hollow chest, though both of them are abnormal.
From How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
If a book is sewn on tapes, and the back lined with leather, there is no serious objection to a carefully-made hollow back without bands.
From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel
For cloth or half-cloth binding a hollow back is frequently glued on.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
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