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Alobar signed on as a guard with a spice caravan, and they traveled by camel to Constantinople, humpbacking out of the sandy wings of the east onto that golden stage where Emperor Basil II was directing, under the auspices of Byzantine Christianity, a long-running drama of expansion and wealth.
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Whether from love of change or belief in the possibilities of a good haul, I can hardly say, but Captain Count decided to make the best of his way south, to the middle group of the "Friendly" Archipelago, known as Vau Vau, the other portions being called Hapai and Tongataboo respectively, for a season's "humpbacking."
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886
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humpbacking
(verb)
The act of hunching over, bending your neck, and drawing your upper back and shoulders into a hump while using your personal electronic device.
“Erin, instead of humpbacking you should lift your I-phone up to eye level.”
March 29, 2015