spavined
Americanadjective
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suffering from or affected with spavin.
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being of or marked by a decrepit or broken-down condition.
a spavined old school bus abandoned in a field.
adjective
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vet science affected with spavin; lame
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decrepit or worn out
Etymology
Origin of spavined
First recorded in 1400–50, spavined is from the late Middle English word spaveyned. See spavin, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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But how much has it squandered in this spavined, untrustworthy inquiry?
From Los Angeles Times
But it’s hardly as if Hirschfeld were content to sit in that spavined old barber’s chair up in his East Side aerie, sealed off from the wider world.
From New York Times
Kodak, once a powerhouse in the photography and specialty chemicals businesses, was a spavined shadow of its former self by 2019.
From Los Angeles Times
I was already feeling like a spavined, misshapen old gnome.
From Washington Post
On Wednesday, Root - spavined by the left-armer's pace and aggression back then - took 24 runs off his first 18 balls.
From BBC
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