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hunchbacked
adjective as in deformed
Example Sentences
One of the most well-known is Shakespeare's Richard III, the scheming hunchbacked king.
That is, the hunchbacked hangman’s line from “Blazing Saddles”: “This one is a doozy.”
One hundred wedding trunks could not buy Awaiting Marriage even a hunchbacked, lame-footed husband.
Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester at the court of the Duke of Mantua, is approached at night by a mysterious man who says he’s an assassin for hire, should Rigoletto ever need such services.
He was probably frowning, deep in character as Richard III, the conniving, hunchbacked king of England, but inside, Halsey was chuckling away.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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