Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Convex; hog-backed.
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Examples
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It has been my wont to choose a saddle - backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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It has been my wont to choose a saddle - backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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It has been my wont to choose a saddle - backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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It has been my wont to choose a saddle-backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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It has been my wont to choose a saddle-backed feather for a dead shaft, and a swine-backed for a smooth flier.
The White Company 1890
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Buy a score of these, lad, and cut them saddle-backed or swine-backed, the one for a dead shaft and the other for a smooth flyer, and no man in the company will swing a better-fletched quiver over his shoulder. "
Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906
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Buy a score of these, lad, and cut them saddle-backed or swine-backed, the one for a dead shaft and the other for a smooth flyer, and no man in the company will swing a better-fletched quiver over his shoulder. "
Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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If you had drawn string for as many months as I have years you would know that a straight-cut feather flies smoother than a swine-backed, and pity it is that these young bowmen have none to teach them better! "
Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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