camel-backed

• “He pointed to a camel-backed hill and said, "If there is a lighthouse opposite the middle of that, then I have no doubt about it".”

  The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"

• “There were a few genuine antiques amongst it -- a couple of camel-backed Chippendale chairs, a grandfather's clock, and some fine old bits of silver -- which Sara's eye, accustomed to the rare and beautiful furnishings of Barrow Court, singled out at once from the olla podrida of incongruous modern stuff.”

  The Hermit of Far End

• “They were two miles nearer the camel-backed peak before he broke the silence.”

  Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West

• “It swung itself skyward, and came down like a pile-driver, camel-backed, and without joints in the legs.”

  Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West

• “Tibe, delighted with Aalsmeer and a dog he saw in the distance, darted along the straight, level stretch of dyke, which every now and then heaved itself up into a camel-backed bridge, under which toy boats could pass from the right-hand water-street to the left-hand water-street.”

  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon

• “But there was no cemetery, only a garden, and close by a camel-backed bridge that crossed the surging river.”

  The Heather-Moon

• “Experts and other commentators point to the expensive care of the elderly as the likely straw that is going to break Canada's camel-backed socialist medical system.”

  PharmaGossip

• “Parked atop the rise was a long, dusty, camel-backed vehicle, which Vincent recognized as a bus once they’d drawn near.”

  Simon & Schuster: Heaven Lake

• “a domed building, with a tall steeple over the Grecian façade; and some of its critics have said that the combination of dome and steeple gives the edifice a strangely camel-backed appearance; but, however that may be, the dome adds beauty to the interior.”

  The Story of Madras

• ““And I guess that camel-backed bridge is a trump, if it’s only a knave — or the deuce.””

  The Car of Destiny

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