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The water-carrier bore them up one by one upon his shoulders, but though a strong-backed little man, and accustomed to carry burdens, he staggered beneath their weight, and found, when slung on each side of his donkey, they were as much as the animal could bear.

The Alhambra 2002

Among the water-carriers who once resorted to this well, there was a sturdy, strong-backed, bandy-legged little fellow, named

The Alhambra 2002

Among the water-carriers who once resorted to this well, there was a sturdy, strong-backed, bandy-legged little fellow, named

The Alhambra 2002

The water-carrier bore them up one by one upon his shoulders, but though a strong-backed little man, and accustomed to carry burdens, he staggered beneath their weight, and found, when slung on each side of his donkey, they were as much as the animal could bear.

The Alhambra 2002

Rocco and his caddie passed, but Woods had no trouble rounding up thirteen strong-backed youths from his gallery to push the stone out of the way.

Playing by the Rules Arnold Palmer 2000

When the trucks got to the cruiser, a traveling crane lifted them up to the foredeck of the ship, where, with the assistance of some strong-backed sailors, the boxes were rapidly lowered into the vertical launch cells of the forward missile launcher.

The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

There coursed the thirty entire chargers, powerful, strong-backed, four abreast, the equal of ninety entire chargers, with

The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

Any infringement of these rules must have been at the proper peril of the contumacious infringer; and as it is more than probable some of the brooms carried double, there was a very decent chance of the intruder's discovering himself across one of the heavy-tailed and strong-backed breed, taking a trip to some distant bourne, from whence that compulsory aerial traveller would doubtless never have returned.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Various

But the same is true of every tough curve of the tree-trunk, of every strong-backed bend of the bough; there is hardly any such thing in Nature as a mere droop of weakness.

Alarms and Discursions 1905

I come up with ten lame horses and three strong-backed men -- thanks to that chicken of a Babu -- to break a sick boy by force out of an old trot's house.

Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900