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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Excessive inward or downward curvature of the spine, especially in a horse.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)

Examples

  • “I remember, too, a wonderful swayback garden bench painted forest green ... it must've sold by now.”

    French Word-A-Day:

  • “I was envious of your smallness, your swayback bum, your simpleness.”

    That Lie

  • “Alas, my back doesn't like the swayback effect for periods longer than naps.”

    Summer of the hammock

  • “There's a lot of cornball in that state you have to go through: boats at docks, old fishermen, and shacks with swayback roofs.”

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  • “Slightly rotate your pelvis under while tightening your glutes and abs this will eliminate swayback and flaccid glutes.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Source

  • “She had short, stumpy legs, a swayback, was blind in one eye, and looked like she was a frequent visitor to the trough.”

    Simon & Schuster: Rainbow’s End

  • “I remember, too, a wonderful swayback garden bench painted forest green...it must've sold by now.”

    French Word-A-Day:

  • “Brick courses look like swayback mules, finally brought back to true by thicker mortar lines...”

    Yucky

  • “This will disengage your core muscles and give you an anterior pelvic tilt, a swayback.”

    Simon & Schuster: ChiWalking

  • “I'm very short-waisted, with a marked swayback and wide hips, so I've never had a store-bought dress that fit me properly since I was a child.”

    New Converts! - A Dress A Day

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