trussed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of trussed
Example Sentences
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It’s a childish performance that is trussed up as an important meditation on the Declaration.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Don't cut your carrot on the board you just trussed the chicken on either.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023
Two, trussed onto hooks, hung in each pot sent down to the sea bottom, where their carcasses would be picked to the bone by snow crab.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022
A teenage boy is with them, his arm encased in a crude, homemade splint, trussed together with string.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2017
In less than a minute he too was lying on the ground, trussed so that he could not move, and before Lancelot woke the whole pageant had disappeared.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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