hog-backed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hog-backed
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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The Submarine lay motionless on the surface with the waves breaking over the hog-backed hull.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
Chichester stood at the gangway and helped the ladies on to the narrow, hog-backed deck of the Sheila.
From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin
In some places the path led along the top of the narrow ridge of a long hog-backed hill; in others, by a series of zigzags, we surmounted or came down the precipitous slopes.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
The other island, Mzita, is of greater elevation, of a hog-backed shape, but being more distant, its physical features were not so distinctly visible.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
It was hog-backed in shape, with a kind of depression in the middle cleared of stones, either by the hand of man or nature, and not unlike a large circus in its general conformation.
From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider
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