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Broken-backed   Listen
adjective
Broken-backed  adj.  
1.
Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
2.
(Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; said of a ship.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Broken-backed" Quotes from Famous Books



... times, the subterranean river beneath the town has yielded an uninterrupted supply of the richest brine in Europe; and it is curious to observe how the vacuum created by the amount raised has caused the ground to collapse and crack, as shown by the decrepit state of the buildings, many of which are broken-backed, twisted, and contorted—although the intermediate earth is about 200 feet in thickness. The place, therefore, has a sort of downcast look, and the streets have a melancholy appearance; whilst the sheds of the brine works, made to appear more murky by contrast ...
— Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway - Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from - Worcester to Shrewsbury • J. Randall



Words linked to "Broken-backed" :   bulging, unfit, hogged



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