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(Of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end.
hogged
bulging
convex
Broken-backed.
damaged
Broken-backed.
unfit
1
He drew a
broken
-
backed
chair to the table and set to business.
2
Think me an overwrought fool; a
broken
-
backed
corn-stalk, if you choose.
3
The speaker indicated a
broken
-
backed
rocker encumbered with damp clothes, newspapers, and books.
4
Nevertheless he is broken-hearted; and I am very good-natured too, and I am
broken
-
backed
.
5
Not one of its wriggling,
broken
-
backed
streets has handsome shops in an unbroken row.
6
It's a curious,
broken
-
backed
piece of theatre in many respects.
7
It gave the impression of a
broken
-
backed
animal driven to the ground by its burden.
8
I'm not conceited enough to imagine that a
broken
-
backed
cripple could make any lasting impression.
9
When the
broken
-
backed
schoolmaster had finished his story, the old man with the wry-mouth thus began:
10
Davidson saw the skirt envelop the
broken
-
backed
deputy and appear to suck him into its folds.
11
All the fun had gone out of it, as the occasional
broken
-
backed
pirouette could not disguise.
12
Their protective coloration was perfect, for they looked half-timbered and
broken
-
backed
and thatched and little-windowed, too.
13
As with drug laws and penal reform, Britain's
broken
-
backed
politicians are the last refuge of social illiberalism.
14
But for me it would have been the despicable,
broken
-
backed
,
disjointed, inharmonious figure five hundred and fifty-four.
15
She accepted Clo's suggestion to sit on the bed, which was more comfortable than the one
broken
-
backed
chair.
16
It wiggled like a
broken
-
backed
snake.