hunchback
noun
a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature.
hunchbacks
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pluralof hunchback.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Richard II is about a deposition of a sitting monarch but features no hunchbacks.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2011
Angels, hunchbacks, giant toucans materialize as cameo apparitions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wizened old women bent like hunchbacks sold flavored waters and goat's milk from glazed ceramic jugs strapped to their shoulders.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
And it should be borne in mind that, in their intercourse with others, people are like the moon, or like hunchbacks; they show you only one of their sides.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey) Saunders
Filippo, the hunchback, was no use because, though it is fortunate to meet hunchbacks, and of course they have a number, there was nothing remarkable in seeing Filippo at the caserma—he is always there.
From Diversions in Sicily by Henry Festing Jones
