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Definition of Hunchbacks
1. hunchback [n] - See also: hunchback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunchbacks
Literary usage of Hunchbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Musical Myths and Facts by Carl Engel (1876)
"On the contrary, he kept Bakala in his service, and treated him even better than
before. * THE TWO hunchbacks. The story of the two hunchbacks is ..."
2. The Natural Method Readers: A Primer- Reader by Hannah Theresa McManus, John Henry Haaren (1915)
"These two little hunchbacks looked very much alike, but they were really very
different. Hassan was a sweet and good-natured little fellow, but Hussein was ..."
3. Art Criticism and Romance: With Recollections, and 23 Etchings by Anna Lea by Henry Merritt, Anna Lea Merritt (1879)
"THE hunchbacks PUNISHED. OF course, I had speedily to put on my smock-frock and
boots, and my aunt walked me off straightway to the town-hall, ..."
4. Fairy Legends of the French Provinces by Martha Ward Carey (1887)
"THE FAIRIES AND THE TWO hunchbacks. A STORY OF PICARDY. ONCE there were three
fairies who used to amuse themselves by dancing round and round, and singing, ..."
5. The Pocket Magazine by George Cruikshank (1828)
"THE THREE hunchbacks.* Spite of his deformity, this bugbear bethought himself of
falling in love with a beautiful young woman, the daughter of a poor but ..."
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