单词 | chicken-breasted |
释义 | > as lemmasˈchicken-breasted ˈchicken-breasted adj. †(a) (of a woman) having very small breasts (obsolete rare); (b) having a protruding chest or abnormally angulated sternum (= pigeon-breasted adj.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of chest chicken-breasted1802 pigeon-breasted?a1808 pigeon-chested1873 1773 J. Courtenay Rape of Pomona 15 You be d——n'd, you Chicken-breasted B——h, you have neither A——e nor B——b——s. 1802 D. P. Blaine Outl. Vet. Art I. ii. viii. 310 Every one knows the disposition of a chicken-breasted child to consumption. 1906 Chicago Med. Recorder 28 443 If the applicant [to the United States Army] has a flat chest, or is chicken-breasted,..he is usually rejected. 2000 H. van Woerden in Granta Spring 30 He asked himself why Demitrios was so timid and turned-in on himself; so chicken-breasted, skinny, weedy. < as lemmas |
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