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hunchback

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈhʌntʃ.bæk/ old-fashioned

Definition

(a person who has) a back with a large round lump (= raised area) on it, either because of illness or old agePhysical irregularities hunchbacked
 
 
/-bækt/ adjective
Physical irregularities
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