swayback
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of swayback
Example Sentences
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Such was the case with Old Man Winter, a 28-year-old white swayback who was Houck’s first rescue in 2009.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022
In grade school, she’d ride her pony - a swayback named Ribbon - and hitch it outside the front door.
From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2018
Lordosis, or swayback, is an excessive anterior curvature of the lumbar region and is most commonly associated with obesity or late pregnancy.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Avoid lying on the belly, a position that increases the spine's lumbar curve, causing that familiar sagging called swayback.
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not care to know the odds of a basset hound developing swayback, or by what process part of an earthworm could make itself whole.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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