pigeon-breasted
- a word derived from pigeon breast.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Gerstenberger has cured 15 bowlegged, pigeon-breasted babies in Cleveland with one large injection each.
From Time Magazine Archive
But selection has not tended to make the duck elegant, or "pigeon-breasted"; it has enlarged the abdominal sack instead, besides allowing the addition of an extra rib in various cases.
From Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin by Ball, W. P. (William Platt)
All eyes were fixed upon the speaker, who became more pigeon-breasted every moment.
From Trumps by Curtis, George William
Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
If the chest is weak and flat, or pigeon-breasted, now is the time to remove the defect.
From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by Blaikie, William Garden
