Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a flat breast; specifically, in ornithology, ratite; not carinate; having no keel of the breast-bone.
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Examples
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The mosaics of the Apse displayed a Christ with face of pitiless intellect, or a pinched, flat-breasted virgin holding a child like a wooden doll.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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Yes, and how to explain the flat-breasted super model?
The Science of Large Breasts, and Other Evolutionary Verities - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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High of cheekbones she was, long-chinned and thin-lipped; her skin was fine and white, but without ruddiness; flat-breasted she was, and narrow-hipped.
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A heavy, course-featured woman, thin hair streaked with gray, flat - backed, flat-breasted, sat beside the rude bed, silent, motionless, awaiting an end that she had so often watched in the sullen ferocity that is of beast rather than of man.
A Fool There Was Porter Emerson Browne
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She wore the same flat-breasted black frock in which Campion had first seen her.
Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933
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She wore the same flat-breasted black frock in which Campion had first seen her.
Police at the Funeral Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
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A white-haired patriarch, with eyes raised to the sky; a flat-breasted woman whose child was gone, whose weakness made her valueless.
The Crisis — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909
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A white-haired patriarch, with eyes raised to the sky; a flat-breasted woman whose child was gone, whose weakness made her valueless.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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The majority are flat-breasted, short-minded, sallow, and poor looking -- creatures of the loom, their knees bent with much silting.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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How narrow-shouldered the men, how flat-breasted the women!
Essays in Rebellion Henry W. Nevinson 1900
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