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hunchback"person with a hunched back," 1712, back-formation from hunchbacked (1590s; see hunch).
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hunchbackTo dream of a hunchback, denotes unexpected reverses in your prospects.
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hunchback(n) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column(n) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
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hunchbackStyled My Lord, Grose says this was done in the reign of Richard III., when many deformed men were made peers; but probably the word is the Greek lordos (crooked).
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