Associations to the word «Crookback»

Wiktionary

CROOKBACK, noun. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback.

Dictionary definition

CROOKBACK, noun. A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
CROOKBACK, adjective. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras