Round-backed (Adjective)
Meaning
Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She had grown old and round-backed from years of bent work, picking herbs and scrubbing floors on hands and knees.
- After a long life of toil and struggle, her frame was prematurely bent, a tired and round-backed stooping.
- Despite being under the age of forty, Jane was surprisingly round-backed due to spending a lifetime at sewing or cutting for upwards of fifteen hours per day.
- Jane Goodwin is now remembered mainly by pictures as an amusing if tarty caricature but had more -a large generous bohemian old gentle spinster more lonely tender smiling the brown arms shorn big belly strong smooth fine if roun backed breasts..
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