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broken-backed - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'broken-backed' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Broken-backed [ a.]
- Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
- Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.

Meaning of 'broken-backed' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . broken-backed [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having the spine damaged
Example in sentence:
  • a broken-backed book;
  • a broken-backed old horse