hog-backed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hog-backed
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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The hog-backed girder is a compromise between the two types, avoiding some difficulties of construction near the ends of the girder.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
AT the head of the cavalcade rode Turka, on a hog-backed roan.
From Childhood by Hogarth, C. J.
In some places the path led along the top of the narrow ridge of a long hog-backed hill; in others, by a series of zigzags, we surmounted or came down the precipitous slopes.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
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
The Submarine lay motionless on the surface with the waves breaking over the hog-backed hull.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
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