pigeon-chested

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Steven Weber G.O.P.: R.I.P. So there it stands: a naked, pigeon-chested old man, random strands of white hair on its boney shoulders; ...

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  • So there it stands: a naked, pigeon-chested old man, random strands of white hair on its boney shoulders; its swollen-knuckled hands clasped over its dead genitals, looking at once forlorn and menacing, shivering with self-loathing and xenophobia, raging pathetically at its timely and appropriate defeat at the hands of Reason. —  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
  • Steven Weber G.O.P.: R.I.P. So there it stands: a naked, pigeon-chested old man, random strands of white hair on its boney shoulders; ... —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • I've seen the fellow: a pigeon-chested poor creatur ', with his calves put on the wrong way. —  Shining Ferry
  • As the old soldier stood on the top of the club steps, pompous, pigeon-chested, and respectable, posing himself as though he had been placed there for the inspection of passers-by as a sample of the aristocracy within, he made several attempts to air his grievances to passing members touching the question of the expectant Jorrocks and the missing purse. —  The Firm of Girdlestone
 

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