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humpbacked

[huhmp-bakt] / ˈhʌmpˌbækt /


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It is awesome to witness an enormous reptile with a huge, humpbacked shell and enormously thick legs glomp slowly forward, with majestic indifference to the gawkers by the trail, myself included.

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 2023

Boeing produced its final humpbacked jumbo jet on Dec. 6.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2022

The work features Punchinello, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns who were some of the stock characters taken from the Commedia dell' Arte - an early form of professional theatre.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2021

Serious golfers will find challenges with bank shots or terraced greens, but it’s fun for the youngest visitors, who thrill in whacking colorful balls over a humpbacked bridge.

From Washington Post Aug. 11, 2021

As once again the day wore to its end they came to long treeless slopes, where the land rose, swelling up towards a line of low humpbacked downs ahead.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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