Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive inward or downward curvature of the spine, especially in a horse.
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- noun An excessive
sagging of thespine of aquadruped animal, especially ahorse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
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Examples
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Alas, my back doesn't like the swayback effect for periods longer than naps.
Summer of the hammock e 2009
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I remember, too, a wonderful swayback garden bench painted forest green ... it must've sold by now.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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I remember, too, a wonderful swayback garden bench painted forest green ... it must've sold by now.
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I remember, too, a wonderful swayback garden bench painted forest green ... it must've sold by now.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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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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I was envious of your smallness, your swayback bum, your simpleness.
That Lie 2009
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Slightly rotate your pelvis under while tightening your glutes and abs this will eliminate swayback and flaccid glutes.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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Slightly rotate your pelvis under while tightening your glutes and abs this will eliminate swayback and flaccid glutes.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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She had short, stumpy legs, a swayback, was blind in one eye, and looked like she was a frequent visitor to the trough.
Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007
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I remember, too, a wonderful swayback garden bench painted forest green...it must've sold by now.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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