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Definition of "stoop-shouldered" []

  • Having a habitual stoop in the shoulders and back.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "stoop-shouldered" in a sentence
  • "This would involve replacement of standard-issue dealers — the stoop-shouldered slobs who dress like parking valets — with seductive looking women in high boots and shiny breastplates, to attract a higher percentage of upscale losers."
  • "Just then a stoop-shouldered woman in a brightly-colored dress came around the corner, a measuring tape around her shoulders, a thimble on her thumb, and an armful of fleece pullovers draped over her arms."
  • "The savior of Rembrandt's faith was a young man with a sweet, homely face, heavy-lidded, stoop-shouldered and wan."
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