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small of the back

noun as in lower back

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And I soon found myself getting heavily bumped from behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and having my face ignominiously shoved against the kitchen wall, because I did not answer those questions at sufficient length.

Above the small of the back were the same two scars, raised as thick as a finger.

And it’s not just guns — usually carried tucked in the small of the back, an action dude’s idea of accessorizing — that are fetishized, but tactical gear.

The seam of bark caught her in the small of the back, stuck tight.

After stepping out of the car Lampson reportedly shot the sheriff in the “small of the back” with a shotgun.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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