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Definition of Big-shouldered
1. Adjective. Having broad shoulders. "Big-shouldered and heavy-armed"
Definition of Big-shouldered
1. Adjective. Having particularly big or broad shoulders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Big-shouldered
Literary usage of Big-shouldered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"And they had company—plenty of company—big-mouthed, big-shouldered men, with
frumpy wives; other men redolent of rum or rye—men who had been iron-workers ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1864)
"... same general large-headed, big shouldered, breed as all the rest of that
east-coast region, luwe, it is maintained, some characteristics of their own. ..."
3. The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford (1911)
"You are sitting in the office of a big railroad president, talking straight to
that big-shouldered soul himself. Outside is the shadowy roof of the ..."
4. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"... chin exceeding broad, as was all about the jaws; thick-necked was he, and
big-shouldered beyond other men, hard-featured, and grim when angry. ..."
5. The Natural History of Some Common Animals: A Book of Animal Life by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1904)
"... big-shouldered woodsman slipped into the seat beside his son, pulled the
blankets and the bearskin all about him, and picked up the reins from the ..."
6. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1874)
"... and several sunburnt, big-shouldered fellows carried a large stick of timber
near to where she sat (which they shortly brought back again), ..."
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