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broad-backed - definition and meaning
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She had now caught the bosom-breathing of the ocean, and was herself a-breath with the rhythm of it as she smoothly mounted and slipped down each broad-backed wave.
Chapter 39 2010
Short, sturdy and broad-backed , they survive harsh Siberian winters with the help of a furry hide, thick layers of fat and the ability to paw through a meter 3 feet of snow to forage.
Russian Scientist Working To Recreate Ice Age Ecosystem AP 2010
Claire finally stopped narrating the tour and fell back a step to let this broad-backed woman in a pink wool crepe suit lead her through her own house.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
To uphold the broad-backed economy we treasure, we all have to keep working all the time.
Did Democracy Kill the Sabbath? 2009
He pulled back hard on the reins and brought the two broad-backed horses to a halt at the bottom of the steps that led to our front door.
Before Midnight Cameron Dokey 2007
Roger Bortch sat in the broad-backed easy chair directly to my left, legs spread wide, master of his off-white domain.
Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006
Him, an old Galt with a walking staff as much to lean on as to swipe at dogs if the occasion arose, and this broad-backed , stone-armed young man in the rough canvas of a laborer.
A Shadow in Summer 2006
Roger Bortch sat in the broad-backed easy chair directly to my left, legs spread wide, master of his off-white domain.
Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006
Then he and two others, their faces strained with anticipation, used broad-backed Xarota as a stepping-stone to clamber inside.
Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005
Then he and two others, their faces strained with anticipation, used broad-backed Xarota as a stepping-stone to clamber inside.
Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005
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