chicken-breasted
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
chicken-breasted (comparative more chicken-breasted, superlative most chicken-breasted)
- (dated) Having a narrow chest that projects outwards, often caused by forward curvature of the spine.
- 1851, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- A child which was very chicken-breasted at three years of age, is often perfectly well-formed at 13. On the other hand, some without any disorder of the respiratory organs will remain chicken-breasted for life
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References[edit]
- “chicken-breasted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.