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broken in |
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| broken-down
| broken-field
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broken-backed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective broken-backed has 3 senses
- broken-backed(s = adj.all) Array - having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"
- broken-backed(s = adj.all) Array - (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth; Array
- broken-backed(s = adj.all) hogged - (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
broken-backed, a.
- Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. [1913 Webster]
- Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. Totten. [1913 Webster]
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