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broken-backed
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[ adjective ] having the spine damaged
Examples "a broken-backed book" "a broken-backed old horse" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Everywhere else his ideas lay or hung in visible form : his models , drawings , ten foot canvases in monochromes from his painting days , and underfoot a windfall of broken-backed books that looked as_though their insides had been ransacked by a maniac . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having the spine damaged
Examples "a broken-backed book" "a broken-backed old horse" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
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[ adjective ] (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
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