Hunchback
['hʌn(t)ʃbæk] or ['hʌntʃbæk]
Definition
(n.) A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Humpback.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a hunchback, denotes unexpected reverses in your prospects.
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Examples
- With these words he flung the hunchback a piece of money, and returned to the carriage. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The quietest commonplace answer met the strange, the dead-disturbing, the Witch-of-Endor query of the hunchback. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- About the Fairies, sir, and the Dwarf, and the Hunchback, and the Genies,' she sobbed out; 'and about—' 'Hush! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Hunchbacked, dwarfish, and doting, she was adorned like a barbarian queen. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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