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crookback
[ krook-bak ]
noun
- a hunchback.
crookback
/ ˈkrʊkˌbæk /
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Derived Forms
- ˈcrookˌbacked, adjective
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Other Words From
- crookbacked adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crookback1
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Example Sentences
Crookback Dick was pleased to cheer the exploit, and, pushing his horse a little nearer, called to see the prisoners.
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I am pleased you liked Crookback; he is a fellow whose hellish energy has always fixed my attention.
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Richard Crookback would have been really far younger at this date.
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Have you never heard of Tyrrell, hireling of Crookback Richard—strangler of two drooling boys in the tower?
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When the battle of warfare begins, it shall be where Crookback Richard made his fray.
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