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noun Pathology.
chicken breast.
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Also called pigeon chest .

Origin of pigeon breast

First recorded in 1840–50

OTHER WORDS FROM pigeon breast

pigeon-breasted, adjectivepi·geon-breast·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby pigeon breast

pigboat, pig boiling, pig dog, pigeon, pigeon blood, pigeon breast, pigeon drop, pigeon hawk, pigeon-hearted, pigeonhole, pigeonite
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How to use pigeon breast in a sentence

  • He was a meagre little fellow, with a long neck and a white face and sunken cheeks, a pigeon breast, and a big stomach.

    A Book of Ghosts|Sabine Baring-Gould

  • Either light grey swan sides, or light grey pigeon breast feathers for the wing and legs.

    How to Tie Flies|E. C. Gregg

  • He is an old, old man with a weazen face, and the remains of a pigeon-breast in his military surtout.

    The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete|John Forster

  • Ambition, the vice of great souls, burned within Spofford's pigeon-breast.

    Average Jones|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for pigeon breast

pigeon breast
noun
a deformity of the chest characterized by an abnormal protrusion of the breastbone, caused by rickets or by obstructed breathing during infancyAlso called: chicken breast
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