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shoulder blades

  • plural
    of shoulder blade.
    shoulder blade
    noun
    the scapula.

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"First of all we give five sharp blows with the heal of your hand between the child's shoulder blades - check every time you do this to see if anything has come out."

From BBC Mar. 21, 2025

The end of this season felt like a dagger between the shoulder blades, and for that credit goes to the scrappy Sounders.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2024

Patients applied 5 milliliters of the drug combo between their shoulder blades every day for a year-and-a-half.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2024

He’d land with the back of his head and shoulder blades hitting the pads first.

From Washington Post Mar. 14, 2023

I can feel the sweat building between my shoulder blades.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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