Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excessive down-ward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region; lordosis: applied principally to horses.
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Examples
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But what I have also noticed is more very large bodied, even sway-back bucks with large twiggy forks.
Survival of the Weakest? Dave Hurteau 2009
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Her grasp on her semi-automatic rifle is insubstantial and her sway-back looks painful.
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I learned I have to make a sway-back adjustment on it, put some darts in the back (or add a tie), take huge amounts out of the upper shoulder length, narrow the shoulders, change or add a bust dart, etc.
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Ya gotta love those big 'ol pot belly, sway-back toads!
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Ya gotta love those big 'ol pot belly, sway-back toads!
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But the sagging belly, sway-back, and tremendous bulk of the second buck indicate a much older deer.
Age Before Beauty? 2008
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Sure enough, when Halsey arrived to inspect the American occupation troops in Tokyo, there was a white horse—notthe white horse, Halsey recorded, but a reasonable facsimile, if a little sway-back.
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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Sure enough, when Halsey arrived to inspect the American occupation troops in Tokyo, there was a white horse—notthe white horse, Halsey recorded, but a reasonable facsimile, if a little sway-back.
Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006
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The stables — I believe they have been replaced by television studios — were on West Sixty-sixth street Holly selected for me an old sway-back black and white mare: "Don't worry, she's safer than a cradle."
Breakfast At Tiffany's Capote, Truman, 1924- 1958
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The stables " I believe they have been replaced by television studios " were on West Sixty-sixth street Holly selected for me an old sway-back black and white mare: "Don't worry, she's safer than a cradle."
Breakfast At Tiffany's Capote, Truman, 1924- 1958
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