hog-backed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hog-backed
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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It was a fine, short, hog-backed trout, weighing well over three pounds, and in the pink of condition.
From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John
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
AT the head of the cavalcade rode Turka, on a hog-backed roan.
From Childhood by Hogarth, C. J.
She stirred at last, and turned; and found herself alone with that flock of enormous companions, the hog-backed mountains, like cattle feeding about her.
From The Happy Foreigner by Bagnold, Enid
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
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