Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a fish's back; swelling upward: as, a fish-backed rail.
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Examples
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Me that taught you how for to walk abroad like a man -- whin you was a dhirty little, fish-backed little, whimperin 'little recruity.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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_ Me that taught you how for to walk abroad like a man -- whin you was a dhirty little, fish-backed little, whimperin 'little recruity.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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