Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thick neck like that of a bull.
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Examples
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The police guy is an amazing cliché of a cop: thick body, bull-neck, cheap ass K-Mart suit, purple shirt, uncoordinated tie, fizzy hair.
Never talk to the police without an attorney | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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You could see them in the bull-neck, in the big shoulders, in the thick arms, in the sinewy wrists and in the powerful legs ....
The Art of Vengeance Oates, Joyce Carol 2007
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But the only marks of violence were between his shoulders, high up near the base of his bull-neck -- three small wounds, which looked as if three nails had been driven deep in the flesh and withdrawn.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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Twenty feet fall on his head for my friend; even his bull-neck would get the worst of that.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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He was a man about forty-five, of middle size, with a large round head closely shaven, a bull-neck, limbs sturdy as a
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The miller appeared, a tall, fat-faced man with a bull-neck, round-bellied and corpulent.
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Long-fingered black hands clamped down on Joseph's shoulders, ready to tear the muscles of his bull-neck free by main force.
The City Who Fought McCaffrey, Anne 1993
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But the only marks of violence were between his shoulders, high up near the base of his bull-neck - three small wounds, which looked as if three nails had been driven deep in the flesh and withdrawn.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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But the keen blade whickered between side and lifted arm, and to Yasmina it seemed that Khemsa merely brushed his open palm lightly against Conan's bull-neck.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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The Cimmerian made no attempt to dodge or fend them away, but his own hands darted to the Kosalan's bull-neck.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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